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" and "SDBM". Defaults to "SDBM".
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" and "warn".
log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::DBM')
- •
- authenticate( $username, $password )
Returns true on success and false on failure.
SEE ALSO¶
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
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.