NAME

Apache2::AuthenRadius - Authentication via a Radius server

SYNOPSIS

# Configuration in httpd.conf

PerlModule Apache2::AuthenRadius

# Authentication in .htaccess

AuthName Radius
AuthType Basic

# authenticate via Radius
PerlAuthenHandler Apache2::AuthenRadius

PerlSetVar Auth_Radius_host1 radius1.foo.com
PerlSetVar Auth_Radius_port1 1812
PerlSetVar Auth_Radius_secret1 MySharedSecret
PerlSetVar Auth_Radius_host2 radius2.foo.com
PerlSetVar Auth_Radius_port2 1812
PerlSetVar Auth_Radius_secret2 MySharedSecret
PerlSetVar Auth_Radius_timeout 5

require valid-user

DESCRIPTION

This module allows authentication against a Radius server.

LIST OF TOKENS

• Auth_Radius_hostN

  The Radius server host: either its name or its dotted quad IP number. The parameter is passed as the PeerHost option to IO::Socket::INET->new. You can have up to 2 RADIUS hosts configured, each with it own port & secret parameters.

• Auth_Radius_portN

  The port on which the Radius server is listening: either its service name or its actual port number. This parameter defaults to "1647" which is the official service name for Radius servers. The parameter is passed as the PeerPort option to IO::Socket::INET->new.

• Auth_Radius_secretN

  The shared secret for connection to the Radius server.

• Auth_Radius_timeout

  The timeout in seconds to wait for a response from the Radius server.

CONFIGURATION

The module should be loaded upon startup of the Apache daemon. Add the following line to your httpd.conf:

PerlModule Apache2::AuthenRadius

PREREQUISITES

For AuthenRadius you need to enable the appropriate call-back hook when making mod_perl:

perl Makefile.PL PERL_AUTHEN=1

SEE ALSO

Apache, mod_perl, Authen::Radius

AUTHORS

• mod_perl by Doug MacEachern <dougm@osf.org>

• Authen::Radius by Carl Declerck <carl@miskatonic.inbe.net>

• Apache::AuthenRadius by Daniel Sully <daniel-cpan-authenradius@electricrain.com>

• Apache2::AuthenRadius 0.4 modified from original Apache::AuthenRadius by Jose Dominguez <jad@ns.uoregon.edu>

• Apache2::AuthenRadius 0.6 modified from Apache2::AuthenRadius by Kevin Ehlers <kevin@ns.uoregon.edu>

COPYRIGHT

The Apache2::AuthenRadius module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.