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" PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::DBM AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user 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) - Overview of various DBM's. - 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.