NAME

Authen::Simple::CDBI - Simple Class::DBI authentication

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
use Authen::Simple::CDBI;
my $cdbi = Authen::Simple::CDBI->new(
    class => 'MyApp::Model::User'
);
if ( $cdbi->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
    # successfull authentication
}
# or as a mod_perl Authen handler
PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
PerlModule Authen::Simple::CDBI
PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleDBI_class "MyApp::Model::User"
<Location /protected>
  PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::CDBI
  AuthType          Basic
  AuthName          "Protected Area"
  Require           valid-user
</Location>
            
          

DESCRIPTION

Class::DBI authentication.

METHODS

• new

  This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:

  • class

    Class::DBI subclass. Required.

    
                
    
                  
                  
    class => 'MyApp::Model::User'
                
              

  • username

    Name of username column. Defaults to username.

    
                
    
                  
                  
    username => 'username'
                
              

  • password

    Name of password column. Defaults to password.

    
                
    
                  
                  
    password => 'password'
                
              

  • log

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

    
                
    
                  
                  
    log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::CDBI')
                
              

• authenticate( $username, $password )

  Returns true on success and false on failure.

SEE ALSO

Authen::Simple.

Authen::Simple::Password.

Class::DBI.

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.