--- roundup_server.py.orig	2004-08-03 14:01:40.000000000 -0700
+++ roundup_server.py	2004-08-03 14:05:36.000000000 -0700
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from roundup import __version__ as roundup_version
 
 import sys, os, urllib, StringIO, traceback, cgi, binascii, getopt, imp
-import SocketServer, BaseHTTPServer, socket, errno
+import SocketServer, BaseHTTPServer, socket, errno, string
 
 # Roundup modules of use here
 from roundup.cgi import cgitb, client
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@
         if co:
             env['HTTP_COOKIE'] = ', '.join(co)
         env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] = self.headers.getheader('authorization')
+        auth = env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION']
+        if auth is not None and auth.find('Basic ') != -1:
+            username = base64.decodestring(string.replace(auth,'Basic ','')).split(':')[0]
+            if username != '': env['REMOTE_USER'] = username
         env['SCRIPT_NAME'] = ''
         env['SERVER_NAME'] = self.server.server_name
         env['SERVER_PORT'] = str(self.server.server_port)