Authen::Simple::Kerberos(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     Authen::Simple::Kerberos(3pm)

NAME

       Authen::Simple::Kerberos - Simple Kerberos authentication

SYNOPSIS

	   use Authen::Simple::Kerberos;

	   my $kerberos = Authen::Simple::Kerberos->new(
	       realm => 'REALM.COMPANY.COM'
	   );

	   if ( $kerberos->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
	       # successfull authentication
	   }

	   # or as a mod_perl Authen handler

	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::Kerberos

	   PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleKerberos_realm "REALM.COMPANY.COM"

	   <Location /protected>
	     PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::Kerberos
	     AuthType	       Basic
	     AuthName	       "Protected Area"
	     Require	       valid-user
	   </Location>

DESCRIPTION

       Kerberos authentication.

METHODS

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

	   * realm Kerberos realm.

		       realm => 'REALM.COMPANY.COM'

	   * log   Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "warn".

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

       * authenticate( $username, $password )
	   Returns true on success and false on failure.

SEE ALSO

       Authen::Simple.

       Authen::Krb5::Simple.

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.

perl v5.8.8							    2008-03-01					     Authen::Simple::Kerberos(3pm)