---
name: "Authen::Simple::Kerberos"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libauthen-simple-kerberos-perl"
version: "0.1-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Authen::Simple::Kerberos"
---

# Authen::Simple::Kerberos(3pm)

Simple Kerberos authentication

## 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.