# How to get REMOTE\_USER in Rails?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-remote-user-in-rails/139596>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 5, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-remote-user-in-rails/139596 "2008-06-05T09:57:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![T\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@T\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/T_K)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-remote-user-in-rails/139596/1 "2008-06-05T09:57:16Z")

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Hi,

I need to retrieve what’s stored in ‘REMOTE\_USER’. I’m looking around  
in “ActionController::AbstractRequest”, but don’t have something to  
work with.

I need this data to kick accesses that don’t have a valid ‘REMOTE\_USER’.

Any help would be appreciated.

-T

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**Author:** ![T\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@T\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/T_K)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-get-remote-user-in-rails/139596/2 "2008-06-05T12:42:13Z")

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On Thursday 05 June 2008 09:55:13 T K wrote:

> I need this data to kick accesses that don’t have a valid  
> ‘REMOTE\_USER’.

See any of the first 5 hits when you google for: rails remote\_user

Ciao,  
Sheldon.  
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