Authen::Simple::Passwd - Simple Passwd authentication
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>
Authenticate against a passwd file.
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 to d_flock in Config.
flock()
d_flock
flock => 0
log
Any object that supports debug, info, error and warn.
debug
info
error
warn
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 - will always return false.
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Authen::Simple.
Authen::Simple::Password.
passwd(5).
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::Passwd, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Authen::Simple::Passwd
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Authen::Simple::Passwd
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.