Authen::Simple::NIS - Simple NIS authentication
use Authen::Simple::NIS; my $nis = Authen::Simple::NIS->new; if ( $nis->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) { # successfull authentication } # or as a mod_perl Authen handler PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache PerlModule Authen::Simple::NIS PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleNIS_domain "domain" <Location /protected> PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::NIS AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user </Location>
NIS authentication.
new
This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:
domain
NIS domain. Required unless it can be obtained from yp_get_default_domain().
yp_get_default_domain()
domain => 'domain'
map
NIS map. Defaults to passwd.byname.
passwd.byname
map => 'passwd.byname'
log
Any object that supports debug, info, error and warn.
debug
info
error
warn
log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::NIS')
authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
Authen::Simple.
Net::NIS.
Net::NIS::Table.
ypclnt(3).
ypclnt(3)
Christian Hansen ch@ngmedia.com
ch@ngmedia.com
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Authen::Simple::NIS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Authen::Simple::NIS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Authen::Simple::NIS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.