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.IX Title "Authen::Simple::DBM 3"
.TH Authen::Simple::DBM 3 "2008-01-13" "perl v5.8.8" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
.SH "NAME"
Authen::Simple::DBM \- Simple DBM authentication
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    use Authen::Simple::DBM;
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 3
\&    my $dbm = Authen::Simple::DBM->new(
\&        path => '/var/db/www/passwd'
\&    );
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.PP
.Vb 3
\&    if ( $dbm->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
\&        # successfull authentication
\&    }
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.PP
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\&    # or as a mod_perl Authen handler
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
\&    PerlModule Authen::Simple::DBM
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleDBM_path "/var/db/www/passwd"
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 6
\&    <Location /protected>
\&      PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::DBM
\&      AuthType          Basic
\&      AuthName          "Protected Area"
\&      Require           valid-user
\&    </Location>
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\s-1DBM\s0 authentication.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.IP "* new" 4
.IX Item "new"
This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are
valid:
.RS 4
.IP "* path" 8
.IX Item "path"
Path to \s-1DBM\s0 file. Usually specified without trailing \f(CW\*(C`.db\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`.pag\*(C'\fR 
or \f(CW\*(C`.dir\*(C'\fR suffix. Required.
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\&    path => '/var/db/www/passwd'
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.IP "* type" 8
.IX Item "type"
\&\s-1DBM\s0 type. Valid options are: \f(CW\*(C`DB\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`GDBM\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`NDBM\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`SDBM\*(C'\fR. Defaults to \f(CW\*(C`SDBM\*(C'\fR.
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.RS 8
.IP "* \s-1CDB\s0" 12
.IX Item "CDB"
Constant Database
.IP "* \s-1DB\s0" 12
.IX Item "DB"
Berkeley \s-1DB\s0
.IP "* \s-1GDBM\s0" 12
.IX Item "GDBM"
\&\s-1GNU\s0 Database Mandager
.IP "* \s-1NDBM\s0" 12
.IX Item "NDBM"
New Database Mandager. \f(CW\*(C`path\*(C'\fR should be specified without a trailing \f(CW\*(C`.db\*(C'\fR 
suffix.
.IP "* \s-1SDBM\s0" 12
.IX Item "SDBM"
Substitute Database Mandager. Comes with both with perl and Apache. \f(CW\*(C`path\*(C'\fR 
should be specified without a trailing \f(CW\*(C`.pag\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.dir\*(C'\fR suffix.
.RE
.RS 8
.RE
.IP "* log" 8
.IX Item "log"
Any object that supports \f(CW\*(C`debug\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`info\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`error\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`warn\*(C'\fR.
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\&    log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::DBM')
.Ve
.RE
.RS 4
.RE
.ie n .IP "* authenticate( $username\fR, \f(CW$password )" 4
.el .IP "* authenticate( \f(CW$username\fR, \f(CW$password\fR )" 4
.IX Item "authenticate( $username, $password )"
Returns true on success and false on failure.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Authen::Simple.
.PP
Authen::Simple::Password.
.PP
\&\fIhtdbm\fR\|(1)
.PP
\&\fIdbmmanage\fR\|(1)
.PP
<http://www.unixpapa.com/incnote/dbm.html> \- Overview of various \s-1DBM\s0's.
.PP
<http://cr.yp.to/cdb.html> \- \s-1CDB\s0
.PP
AnyDBM_File \- Compares different \s-1DBM\s0's
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Christian Hansen \f(CW\*(C`ch@ngmedia.com\*(C'\fR
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify 
it under the same terms as Perl itself.