NAME Authen::Simple::LDAP - Simple LDAP authentication SYNOPSIS use Authen::Simple::LDAP; my $ldap = Authen::Simple::LDAP->new( host => 'ldap.company.com', basedn => 'ou=People,dc=company,dc=net' ); if ( $ldap->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) { # successfull authentication } # or as a mod_perl Authen handler PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache PerlModule Authen::Simple::LDAP PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleLDAP_host "ldap.company.com" PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleLDAP_basedn "ou=People,dc=company,dc=net" PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::LDAP AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" Require valid-user DESCRIPTION Authenticate against a LDAP service. METHODS * new This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid: * host Connection host, can be a hostname, IP number or a URI. Defaults to "localhost". host => ldap.company.com host => 10.0.0.1 host => ldap://ldap.company.com:389 host => ldaps://ldap.company.com * port Connection port, default to 389. May be overriden by host if host is a URI. port => 389 * timeout Connection timeout, defaults to 60. timeout => 60 * version The LDAP version to use, defaults to 3. version => 3 * binddn The distinguished name to bind to the server with, defaults to bind anonymously. binddn => 'uid=proxy,cn=users,dc=company,dc=com' * bindpw The credentials to bind with. bindpw => 'secret' * basedn The distinguished name of the search base. basedn => 'cn=users,dc=company,dc=com' * filter LDAP filter to use in search, defaults to "(uid=%s)". filter => '(uid=%s)' * scope The search scope, can be "base", "one" or "sub", defaults to "sub". filter => 'sub' * log Any object that supports "debug", "info", "error" and "warn". log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::LDAP') * authenticate( $username, $password ) Returns true on success and false on failure. EXAMPLE USAGE Apple Open Directory my $ldap = Authen::Simple::LDAP->new( host => 'od.company.com', basedn => 'cn=users,dc=company,dc=com', filter => '(&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%s))' ); Microsoft Active Directory my $ldap = Authen::Simple::LDAP->new( host => 'ad.company.com', binddn => 'proxyuser@company.com', bindpw => 'secret', basedn => 'cn=users,dc=company,dc=com', filter => '(&(objectClass=organizationalPerson)(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=%s))' ); Active Directory by default does not allow anonymous binds. It's recommended that a proxy user is used that has sufficient rights to search the desired tree and attributes. SEE ALSO Authen::Simple::ActiveDirectory. Authen::Simple. Net::LDAP. AUTHOR Christian Hansen "chansen@cpan.org" COPYRIGHT This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.