Authen::SimplePam Authen::SimplePam is a simple Perl interface to PAM authentication.
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Authen::SimplePam is a simple Perl interface to PAM authentication. Authen::SimplePam is a simple Perl interface to PAM authentication.SYNOPSIS use Authen::SimplePam; $auth = new Authen::PAM; $auth->auth_user( $user, $password, $service ); $auth->change_password ( $user, $old_password, $new_password );This module simplifies the use of PAM to Authenticate users. It makes things simple so that no PAM knowledge is necessary.APIThe API is simple:new Creates a Authen::SimplePam object.username ( $username ) If the parameter $username is set, it sets the username. It will return the current username.user ( $username ) Same as username().name ( $username ) Same as username().current_password ( $password ) The user current password. If $password is given, the password is set. It will return the current set password.password ( $password ) Same as current_password().old_password( $password ) Same as current_password().new_password ( $password ) If $password is present, it will set the user new password. It returns the current set new password.service ( $service ) If $service is given, it will set the PAM service to use. It will return the current service set.pam_result () Returns the last PAM result code.error_code () Returns undef if no error has happened, otherwise returns the error code.error_message () Returns undef if no error has happened, otherwise returns the error message.Note that the error message is the pam message give to a PAM_ERROR_MSG call.Other error might have happened, but did not set PAM_ERROR_MSG, but is in the result code from the functions auth_user () and change_password ().auth_user ($user, $password, $service) Authenticates a user $user, with the passwod $password agains service $service.Note that $user, $password and $service are optional. If given they will overwrite any previously given one.If no $serice has being yet specified, it will defaults to the service 'login'.If no $username has being yet specified, it will defaults to the current EFECTIVE USER ID (EUID).It will return Authen::SimplePam own result code. If you would like to know the real PAM result code, use pam_result() to get it.To get and string representation of the result, use result2string () .result2string ($result) Converts a result returned by auth_user() or change_password () to a string. Requirements: · Perl

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