Re: Sending SyslogIdent value to Login.html

Are you attempting to identify the access point / gateway that a user
is logging in from?



On 6/30/06, LondonCowgirl E <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would like to send the SyslogIdent value found in the nocat.conf file (on
> the a/p) to the login.html file. I can then set it as a hidden form value
> and pass it along to my html.
>
> To do this, I edited the Passive.pm file residing on the server as follows:
>
> sub capture_params
> {
>     my ( $self, $peer, $request ) = @_;
>     return {
>         mac      => $peer->id,
>         token    => $peer->token,
>         redirect => $request,
>         timeout  => $self->{LoginTimeout},
>        ident     => $self->{SyslogIdent},    <----NEW LINE ADDED HERE
>         gateway  => $peer->socket->sockhost . ":$self->{GatewayPort}"
>     };
> }
>
> I also edited the login.html file to include the following line:
>
> <input type="hidden" name="ident" value="$ident">
>
> The "$ident" value is always empty, so something isn't working correctly.
>
> Can anyone assist me with this? Or suggest another way to pull the
> SyslogIdent value from the access point to the login.html page.
>
> Any assistance greatly appreciated.
>
> Carla
>
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