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

NAME

       Authen::Simple::SMB - Simple SMB authentication

SYNOPSIS

	   use Authen::Simple::SMB;

	   my $smb = Authen::Simple::SMB->new(
	       domain => 'DOMAIN',
	       pdc    => 'PDC'
	   );

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

	   # or as a mod_perl Authen handler

	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
	   PerlModule Authen::Simple::SMB

	   PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleSMB_domain "DOMAIN"
	   PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleSMB_pdc    "PDC"

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

DESCRIPTION

       Authenticate against an SMB server.

METHODS

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

	   * domain
		   Domain to authenticate against. Required.

		       domain => 'NTDOMAIN'

	   * pdc   Primary Domain Controller. Required.

		       pdc => 'PDC'

	   * bdc   Backup Domain Controller.

		       bdc => 'BDC'

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

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

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

SEE ALSO

       Authen::Simple.

       Authen::Smb.

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							    2008-02-29						  Authen::Simple::SMB(3pm)