Authen::Simple::Passwd3pm

Usage

    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>

Overview

Authenticate against a passwd file.

Methods

•

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 separated with newline and fields separated 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 => 0

•

log

Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "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.