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# File webrick/httpauth/authenticator.rb, line 40
def check_scheme(req)
  unless credentials = req[@request_field]
    error("no credentials in the request.")
    return nil 
  end  
  unless match = /^#{@auth_scheme}\s+/.match(credentials)
    error("invalid scheme in %s.", credentials)
    info("%s: %s", @request_field, credentials) if $DEBUG
    return nil
  end
  return match.post_match
end