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Apache-MultiAuth-0.04
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NAME

Apache::MultiAuth - Choose from a number of authentication modules at runtime

SYNOPSIS

# in httpd.conf
PerlModule  Apache::MultiAuth

<Location /test>
  AuthName Test
  AuthType Basic

  # PerlSetVars for various Apache::Auth* modules
  PerlSetVar myPDC SAMBA
  PerlSetVar myDOMAIN ARBEITSGRUPPE

  # Define order and class of Auth modules to try
  AuthModule Apache::AuthSybase Apache::AuthenSmb

  PerlAuthenHandler Apache::MultiAuth
  require valid-user
</Location>

DESCRIPTION

Apache::MultiAuth allows you to specify multiple authentication modules, to be tried in order. If any module in the list returns OK, then the user is considered authenticated; if none return OK, then the user is reprompted for credentials.

This is useful for cases where, for example, you have several authentication schemes: for example, NIS, SMB, and htpasswd, and some of your users are only registered in some of the auth databases. Using Apache::MultiAuth, they can be queried in order until the right one is found.

CONFIGURATION DIRECTIVES

Apache::MultiAuth allows you to name a number of authentication modules, using the AuthModule directive. These modules are queried, in the order they are provided, until one of them returns OK. Apache::MultiAuth then condiders authentication to be successful, and processing continues.

AUTHORS

Stathy G. Touloumis
Marcel M. Weber
Darren Chamberlain