Trimming character of variables within configuration files

[Matthew Newton]

Hi,

On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 02:25:36PM +0100, P. Manton wrote:
> OK, So I see there is a preprocess module that says you can manipulate
> attributes:

preprocess is irrelevant here.

> #  The preprocess module takes care of sanitizing some bizarre
> #  attributes in the request, and turning them into attributes
> #  which are more standard.

Yes - it's not something that you can change. It solves a fixed
set of problems.

>  so I added the following:
> 
>    if (User-Password =~ /^(.+)([0-9]{6})$/) {
>      update request {
>        User-Password = "%{1}"

Use :=

= will not overwrite an existing attribute, so it will not change
the attribute.

Then look at the debug output to check that it actually did what
you asked (e.g. the regex is right, etc).

Matthew



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