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.