package Apache::AuthenPasswd;
use strict;
use mod_perl;
$Apache::AuthenPasswd::VERSION = '0.12';
# setting the constants to help identify which version of mod_perl
# is installed
use constant MP2 => ($mod_perl::VERSION >= 1.99);
# test for the version of mod_perl, and use the appropriate libraries
BEGIN {
if (MP2) {
require Apache::Const;
require Apache::Access;
require Apache::Connection;
require Apache::Log;
require Apache::RequestRec;
require Apache::RequestUtil;
Apache::Const->import(-compile => 'HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED','OK');
} else {
require Apache::Constants;
Apache::Constants->import('HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED','OK');
}
}
sub handler {
my $r = shift;
my($res, $sent_pwd) = $r->get_basic_auth_pw;
return $res if $res; #decline if not Basic
my $name = MP2 ? $r->user : $r->connection->user;
if ($name eq "") {
$r->note_basic_auth_failure;
MP2 ? $r->log_error("Apache::AuthenPasswd - no username given", $r->uri) : $r->log_reason("Apache::AuthenPasswd - no username given", $r->uri);
return MP2 ? Apache::HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED : Apache::Constants::HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED;
}
my ($user, $passwd, $uid, $gid, $quota, $comment, $gcos, $dir, $shell) = getpwnam $name;
unless ($user) {
$r->note_basic_auth_failure;
MP2 ? $r->log_error("Apache::AuthenPasswd - user $name: unknown", $r->uri) : $r->log_reason("Apache::AuthenPasswd - user $name: unknown", $r->uri);
return MP2 ? Apache::HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED : Apache::Constants::HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED;
}
if(crypt($sent_pwd, $passwd) eq $passwd) {
return MP2 ? Apache::OK : Apache::Constants::OK;
} else {
$r->note_basic_auth_failure;
MP2 ? $r->log_error("Apache::AuthenPasswd - user $name: bad password", $r->uri) : $r->log_reason("Apache::AuthenPasswd - user $name: bad password", $r->uri);
return MP2 ? Apache::HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED : Apache::Constants::HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED;
}
return MP2 ? Apache::OK : Apache::Constants::OK;
}
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
Apache::AuthenPasswd - mod_perl /etc/passwd Authentication module
=head1 SYNOPSIS
<Directory /foo/bar>
# This is the standard authentication stuff
AuthName "Foo Bar Authentication"
AuthType Basic
PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthenPasswd
# Standard require stuff, /etc/passwd users or /etc/group groups, and
# "valid-user" all work OK
require user username1 username2 ...
require group groupname1 groupname2 ... # [Need Apache::AuthzPasswd]
require valid-user
# The following is actually only needed when authorizing
# against /etc/group. This is a separate module.
PerlAuthzHandler Apache::AuthzPasswd
</Directory>
These directives can also be used in the <Location> directive or in
an .htaccess file.
= head1 DESCRIPTION
**************** NOTICE *********************
Please, please, realize that this module will
only work with passwords that are stored in
/etc/passwd. Most systems use shadow
passwords now, and the call that this module
uses to access the password ONLY checks for
the password in the /etc/passwd file. Also,
the call that is needed to access passwords
in /etc/shadow cannot be called by anyone
other than root, so, (unless you are crazy
enough to run apache as root), you will not
be able to access /etc/shadow.
For more info on shadow passwords:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Shadow-Password-HOWTO.html
For alternatives that can access /etc/shadow from
apache:
http://mod-auth-shadow.sourceforge.net/
*********************************************
This perl module is designed to work with mod_perl. It is a direct
adaptation (i.e. I modified the code) of Michael Parker's
(B<parker@austx.tandem.com>) Apache::AuthenSmb module.
The module uses getpwnam to retrieve the B<passwd> entry from the
B</etc/passwd> file, using the supplied username as the search key. It
then uses B<crypt()> to verify that the supplied password matches the
retrieved hashed password.
= head2 Apache::AuthenPasswd vs. Apache::AuthzPasswd
I've taken "authentication" to be meaningful only in terms of a user and
password combination, not group membership. This means that you can use
Apache::AuthenPasswd with the B<require user> and B<require valid-user>
directives. In the /etc/passwd and /etc/group context I consider B<require
group> to be an "authorization" concern. I.e., group authorization
consists of establishing whether the already authenticated user is a member
of one of the indicated groups in the B<require group> directive. This
process may be handled by B<Apache::AuthzPasswd>. Admittedly, AuthzPasswd
is a misnomer, but I wanted to keep AuthenPasswd and AuthzPasswd related,
if only by name.
I welcome any feedback on this module, esp. code improvements, given
that it was written hastily, to say the least.
=head1 AUTHOR
Demetrios E. Paneras <dep@media.mit.edu> and Shannon Eric Peevey <speeves@unt.edu>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1998, 2003 Demetrios E. Paneras, MIT Media Laboratory.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut