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1NAME
2 Authen::Simple::DBM - Simple DBM authentication
3
4SYNOPSIS
5 use Authen::Simple::DBM;
6
7 my $dbm = Authen::Simple::DBM->new(
8 path => '/var/db/www/passwd'
9 );
10
11 if ( $dbm->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
12 # successfull authentication
13 }
14
15 # or as a mod_perl Authen handler
16
17 PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
18 PerlModule Authen::Simple::DBM
19
20 PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleDBM_path "/var/db/www/passwd"
21
22 <Location /protected>
23 PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::DBM
24 AuthType Basic
25 AuthName "Protected Area"
26 Require valid-user
27 </Location>
28
29DESCRIPTION
30 DBM authentication.
31
32METHODS
33 * new
34 This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are
35 valid:
36
37 * path Path to DBM file. Usually specified without trailing ".db",
38 ".pag" or ".dir" suffix. Required.
39
40 path => '/var/db/www/passwd'
41
42 * type DBM type. Valid options are: "DB", "GDBM", "NDBM" and
43 "SDBM". Defaults to "SDBM".
44
45 type => 'NDBM'
46
47 * CDB Constant Database
48
49 * DB Berkeley DB
50
51 * GDBM GNU Database Mandager
52
53 * NDBM New Database Mandager. "path" should be
54 specified without a trailing ".db" suffix.
55
56 * SDBM Substitute Database Mandager. Comes with both
57 with perl and Apache. "path" should be specified
58 without a trailing ".pag" or ".dir" suffix.
59
60 * log Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and
61 "warn".
62
63 log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::DBM')
64
65 * authenticate( $username, $password )
66 Returns true on success and false on failure.
67
68SEE ALSO
69 Authen::Simple.
70
71 Authen::Simple::Password.
72
73 htdbm(1)
74
75 dbmmanage(1)
76
77 <http://www.unixpapa.com/incnote/dbm.html> - Overview of various DBM's.
78
79 <http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html> - CDB
80
81 AnyDBM_File - Compares different DBM's
82
83AUTHOR
84 Christian Hansen "ch@ngmedia.com"
85
86COPYRIGHT
87 This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it
88 under the same terms as Perl itself.
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