NAME

       LedgerSMB::Auth::DB - Standard Authentication DB module.

SYNOPSIS

       This is the standard DB-based module for authentication.  Uses HTTP basic authentication.

METHODS

       session_check
           Checks to see if a session exists based on current logged in credentials.

           Handles failure by creating a new session, since credentials are now separate.

       session_create
           Creates a new session, sets $lsmb->{session_id} to that session, sets cookies, etc.

       session_destry
           Destroys a session and removes it from the db.

       get_credentials
           Gets credentials from the 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' environment variable which must be
           passed in as per the standards of HTTP basic authentication.

           Returns a hashref with the keys of login and password.

       credential_prompt
           Sends a 401 error to the browser popping up browser credential prompt.

COPYRIGHT

       # Small Medium Business Accounting software # http://www.ledgersmb.org/ # # # Copyright
       (C) 2006-2011 # This work contains copyrighted information from a number of sources all
       used # with permission.  It is released under the GNU General Public License # Version 2
       or, at your option, any later version.  See COPYRIGHT file for # details.