Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::Authen::Simple - Verify credentials with the Authen::Simple

           Jose Luis Martinez
           CPAN ID: JLMARTIN
           CAPSiDE
           jlmartinez@capside.comhttp://www.pplusdomain.net

       Copyright (c) 2008 by Jose Luis Martinez Torres

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

       This module helps your Cataylst Application authenticate against a lot of credential databases thanks to
       the Authen::Simple framework.

       Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::Authen::Simple - Verify credentials with the Authen::Simple
       framework

       Authen::Simple and all of the Authen::Simple::XXX classes

perl v5.34.0                                       2022-06-09             Catalyst::Authe...:Authen::Simple(3pm)

         use Catalyst qw(Authentication);
         # later on ...
         if ($c->authenticate({ username => 'myusername',
                                password => 'mypassword' })){
           my $long_name = $c->user->get('LongName');
           # Hello Mr $long_name
         }

       Tobjorn Lindahl, Dylan Martin, Tomas Doran and Inigo Tejedor Arrondo for patches and recommedations

       Just configure your Catalyst App Authentication to use class 'Authen::Simple' as the credential verifier,
       and give it a set of Authen::Simple classes. You can pass arguments to the Authen::Simple:XXX class
       constructors with the 'args' key. Note that the authen key is an array. If more than one class is
       specified, when your app authenticates, the username and password is submitted to each class until one of
       the classes returns that the user/pass pair is valid. If no class validates the credentials, the user is
       not able to log in.

         'Plugin::Authentication' => {
           'realms' => {
             'default' => {
               'store' => { ... }
               'credential' => {
                 'class' => 'Authen::Simple',
                 'authen' => [
                   {
                     'class' => 'Passwd',
                     'args' => {
                       'path' => '/etc/shadow'
                     }
                   },
                   {
                     'class' => 'SSH',
                     'args' => {
                       'host' => 'host.company.com'
                     }
                   }
                 ]
               }
             }
           }
         }

       If the Catalyst log object is compatible with the Authen::Simple log object, Authen::Simple classes will
       log through Catalyst.

   new
       Called by Catalyst::Authentication. Instances the Authen::Simple classes read from the configuration.

   authenticate
        Usage     : Call $c->authenticate({ username => ..., password => ...});
        Returns   : User object if the credentials are verified successfully. undef if user not authenticated.