NAME

Apache::MultiAuth - Choose from a number of authentication modules at runtime

SYNOPSIS

  # in httpd.conf
  PerlModule  Apache::MultiAuth

  <Location /test>
    AuthName Test
    AuthType Basic

    # PerlSetVars for various Apache::Auth* modules
    PerlSetVar myPDC SAMBA
    PerlSetVar myDOMAIN ARBEITSGRUPPE

    # Define order and class of Auth modules to try
    AuthModule Apache::AuthSybase Apache::AuthenSmb

    PerlAuthenHandler Apache::MultiAuth
    require valid-user
  </Location>

DESCRIPTION

Apache::MultiAuth allows you to specify multiple authentication modules, to be tried in order. If any module in the list returns OK, then the user is considered authenticated; if none return OK, then the user is reprompted for credentials.

This is useful for cases where, for example, you have several authentication schemes: for example, NIS, SMB, and htpasswd, and some of your users are only registered in some of the auth databases. Using Apache::MultiAuth, they can be queried in order until the right one is found.

CONFIGURATION DIRECTIVES

Apache::MultiAuth allows you to name a number of authentication modules, using the AuthModule directive. These modules are queried, in the order they are provided, until one of them returns OK. Apache::MultiAuth then condiders authentication to be successful, and processing continues.

AUTHORS

    Stathy G. Touloumis
    Marcel M. Weber
    Darren Chamberlain