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NAME

Apache::Authen - Building blocks for mod_perl PerlAuthenHandler's

SYNOPSIS

use Apache::Authen ()

DESCRIPTION

Building blocks for mod_perl PerlAuthenHandler's

METHODS

Apache::Authen->check($r, \%attr)

This method looks up the username and password via HTTPD::UserAdmin testing for a valid password if user is found. Returns OK upon success, otherwise returns AUTH_REQUIRED. $r is a request_rec object blessed into the Apache class. \%attr is a hash reference passed to HTTPD::UserAdmin->new.

SEE ALSO

Apache(3), HTTPD::UserAdmin(3), Apache::AuthenDBI(3)

AUTHOR

Doug MacEachern <dougm@osf.org>