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cookbook/security/pre_authenticated.rst
@@ -151,3 +151,10 @@ key in the ``remote_user`` firewall configuration.
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Just like for X509 authentication, you will need to configure a "user provider".
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See :ref:`the previous note <cookbook-security-pre-authenticated-user-provider-note>`
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for more information.
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+
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+.. caution::
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+ :doc:`User impersonation <cookbook/security/impersonating_user>` is not
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+ compatible with ``REMOTE_USER`` based authentication. The reason is that
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+ impersonation requires the authentication state to be maintained server-side
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+ but ``REMOTE_USER`` information is sent by the browser in each request.
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