Authen::Simple::DBM - Simple DBM authentication
use Authen::Simple::DBM; my $dbm = Authen::Simple::DBM->new( path => '/var/db/www/passwd' ); if ( $dbm->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) { # successfull authentication } # or as a mod_perl Authen handler PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache PerlModule Authen::Simple::DBM PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleDBM_path "/var/db/www/passwd" <Location /protected> PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::DBM AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user </Location>
DBM authentication.
new
This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:
path
Path to DBM file. Usually specified without trailing .db, .pag or .dir suffix. Required.
.db
.pag
.dir
path => '/var/db/www/passwd'
type
DBM type. Valid options are: DB, GDBM, NDBM and SDBM. Defaults to SDBM.
DB
GDBM
NDBM
SDBM
type => 'NDBM'
CDB
Constant Database
Berkeley DB
GNU Database Mandager
New Database Mandager. path should be specified without a trailing .db suffix.
Substitute Database Mandager. Comes with both with perl and Apache. path should be specified without a trailing .pag or .dir suffix.
log
Any object that supports debug, info, error and warn.
debug
info
error
warn
log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::DBM')
authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
Authen::Simple.
Authen::Simple::Password.
htdbm(1)
dbmmanage(1)
http://www.unixpapa.com/incnote/dbm.html - Overview of various DBM's.
http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html - CDB
AnyDBM_File - Compares different DBM's
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::DBM, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Authen::Simple::DBM
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Authen::Simple::DBM
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.