NAME

Apache::AuthenDBI - Authentication via Perl's DBI

SYNOPSIS

# Configuration in httpd.conf or srm.conf

PerlModule Apache::AuthenDBI

# Authentication in .htaccess

AuthName DBI
AuthType Basic

#authenticate via DBI
PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthenDBI

PerlSetVar AuthDBIDB     dbname
PerlSetVar AuthDBIUser   username
PerlSetVar AuthDBIAuth   auth
PerlSetVar AuthDBIDriver driver
#DBI->connect(DB, User, Auth, Driver)

PerlSetVar AuthDBIUserTable table
PerlSetVar AuthDBINameField user
PerlSetVar AuthDBIPasswordField password
#SELECT PasswordField from UserTable WHERE NameField='$user_sent'

<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>

The AuthType is limited to Basic. The require directive is limited to 'valid-user' and 'user xxx' (no group support).

DESCRIPTION

This module allows the Apache server to authenticate against a database. It should be used together with Apache::DBI.pm to gain the benefit of a persistent database connection. Remember that the authentification accesses the database once for every request ! Make sure, that in httpd.conf or srm.conf the module Apache::DBI comes first:

PerlModule Apache::DBI
PerlModule Apache::AuthenDBI

The authentification module makes use of persistent connections only if the appropriate module Apache::DBI is already loaded !

The database access uses Perl's DBI. For supported DBI drivers see:

http://www.hermetica.com/technologia/DBI/

SEE ALSO

Apache(3), DBI(3)

AUTHORS

mod_perl by Doug MacEachern <dougm@osf.org>
DBI by Tim Bunce <Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk>
Apache::AuthenDBI by Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>