NAME
Authen::Simple::DBM - Simple DBM authentication
SYNOPSIS
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>
DESCRIPTION
DBM authentication.
METHODS
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.path => '/var/db/www/passwd'
type
DBM type. Valid options are:
DB
,GDBM
,NDBM
andSDBM
. Defaults toSDBM
.type => 'NDBM'
CDB
Constant Database
DB
Berkeley DB
GDBM
GNU Database Mandager
NDBM
New Database Mandager.
path
should be specified without a trailing.db
suffix.SDBM
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
andwarn
.log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::DBM')
authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
SEE ALSO
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
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.