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NAME
Authen::Simple::Passwd - Simple Passwd authentication
SYNOPSIS
use Authen::Simple::Passwd; my $passwd = Authen::Simple::Passwd->new( path => '/etc/passwd' ); if ( $passwd->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) { # successfull authentication } # or as a mod_perl Authen handler PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache PerlModule Authen::Simple::Passwd PerlSetVar AuthenSimplePasswd_path "/etc/passwd" <Location /protected> PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::Passwd AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user </Location>
DESCRIPTION
Authenticate against a passwd file.
METHODS
new
This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:
path
Path to passwd file to authenticate against. Any standard passwd file that has records seperated with newline and fields seperated by
:
is supported. First field is expected to be username and second field, plain or encrypted password. Required.path => '/etc/passwd' path => '/var/www/.htpasswd'
flock
A boolean to enable or disable the usage of
flock()
. Defaults tod_flock
in Config.flock => 0
log
Any object that supports
debug
,info
,error
andwarn
.log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::Passwd')
authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure. Authentication attempts with a username that begins with a hyphen
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will always return false.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Christian Hansen
ch@ngmedia.com
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Module Install Instructions
To install Authen::Simple::Passwd, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Authen::Simple::Passwd
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Authen::Simple::Passwd
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.