=== prewikka/modules/auth/cgi/cgi.py
==================================================================
--- prewikka/modules/auth/cgi/cgi.py	(revision 8528)
+++ prewikka/modules/auth/cgi/cgi.py	(local)
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	self.config = config
 
     def getUser(self, request):
-	user = os.environ.get("REMOTE_USER", None)        
+	user = request.getRemoteUser()        
     	if not user:
 	    raise Auth.AuthError(message="CGI Authentication failed: no user specified.")
         
=== prewikka/Request.py
==================================================================
--- prewikka/Request.py	(revision 8528)
+++ prewikka/Request.py	(local)
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
     def getQueryString(self):
         pass
 
+    def getRemoteUser(self):
+        pass
+    
     def getClientAddr(self):
         pass
 
=== prewikka/ModPythonHandler.py
==================================================================
--- prewikka/ModPythonHandler.py	(revision 8528)
+++ prewikka/ModPythonHandler.py	(local)
@@ -44,7 +44,16 @@
     def addCookie(self, param, value, expires):
     	c = Cookie.Cookie(param, value)
 	Cookie.add_cookie(self._req, c, expires)
-        
+
+    def getRemoteUser(self):
+        self._req.get_basic_auth_pw()
+
+        user = self._req.user
+        if user:
+            user.strip()
+
+        return user
+    
     def getQueryString(self):
     	return self._req.unparsed_uri
 
=== cgi-bin/prewikka.cgi
==================================================================
--- cgi-bin/prewikka.cgi	(revision 8528)
+++ cgi-bin/prewikka.cgi	(local)
@@ -73,7 +73,14 @@
     def getReferer(self):
         return os.environ.get("HTTP_REFERER", "").strip()
 
+    def getRemoteUser(self):
+        user = os.environ.get("REMOTE_USER", None)
+        if user:
+            user.strip()
+            
+        return user
 
+
 request = CGIRequest()
 request.init()