Bric::App::Auth(3)

NAME
Bric::App::Auth - Does the dirty work of authentication.

VERSION
$LastChangedRevision$

DATE
$LastChangedDate: 2006-03-18 01:26:34 +0100 (Sat, 18 Mar 2006) $

SYNOPSIS
  <Perl>
  use lib '/usr/local/bricolage/lib';
  </Perl>
  <VirtualHost _default_:443>
      ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
      TransferLog /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log
      SSLEngine on
      SSLCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!EXP56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP:+eNULL
      SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt
      SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/apache/conf/ssl.key/server.key
      <Location /login>
          SetHandler perl-script
          PerlHandler Bric::App::Auth
      </Location>
  </VirtualHost>

DESCRIPTION
This module handles the user authentication.

INTERFACE

  Constructors
NONE.

  Destructors
NONE.

  Public Class Methods
NONE.

  Public Functions

my ($res, $msg) = auth($r)
    Checks to see if the user is logged in to the current session. Used by Bric::App::AccessHandler.

    Throws: NONE.

    Side Effects: NONE.

    Notes: NONE.

my ($bool, $msg) = login($r, $username, $password)
    Logs the user into Bricolage, setting the authentication cookie to allow future access that can be checked by a call to auth(). $bool is true on successful login. $bool is undef on failed login, and $msg contains the reason why the login failed.

    Throws: None.

    Side Effects: NONE.

    Notes: NONE.

masquerade($r, $user)
    Sets up a different user for the current user to masquerade as. This is useful when an administrator needs a to masquerade as another user in order to check in assets that user hasn't checked in. Note that "masquerade()" performs no authentication. It is expected that the current user will have permission to masquerade as the user passed in.

    Throws: None.

    Side Effects: NONE.

    Notes: NONE.

my $bool = logout($r)
    Logs the currently logged-in user out.

    Throws: None.

    Side Effects: NONE.

    Notes: NONE.

PRIVATE

  Private Class Methods
NONE.

  Private Instance Methods
NONE.

  Private Functions

my $cookie = &$make_cookie($r, $username)
my $cookie = &$make_cookie($r, $username, $lul_time)
    Bakes the authentication cookie.

    Throws: None.

    Side Effects: NONE.

    Notes: NONE.

my ($hash, $exp, $ip) = &$make_hash($r, $un)
my ($hash, $exp, $ip) = &$make_hash($r, $un, $exp, $ip, $lul)
    Returns the data points required for baking cookies. These include the MD5 hash, the expiration time, and the IP subnet.

    Throws: None.

    Side Effects: NONE.

    Notes: NONE.

my ($ret, $msg) = &$fail($r, $msg)
    Expires the user session and then returns an error message explaining why the user wasn't able to authenticate.

    Throws:

    •   Unable to expire user session.

    •   Difficulties tie'ing the session hash.

    Side Effects: NONE.

    Notes: NONE.

NOTES
NONE.

AUTHOR
David Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>

SEE ALSO
Bric