---
name: "Authen::Simple::SMB"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libauthen-simple-smb-perl"
version: "0.1-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Authen::Simple::SMB"
---

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

Simple SMB authentication

## NAME

Authen::Simple::SMB - Simple SMB authentication

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Authen::Simple::SMB;

    my $smb = Authen::Simple::SMB->new(
        domain => 'DOMAIN',
        pdc    => 'PDC'
    );

    if ( $smb->authenticate( $username, $password ) ) {
        # successfull authentication
    }

    # or as a mod_perl Authen handler

    PerlModule Authen::Simple::Apache
    PerlModule Authen::Simple::SMB
    PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleSMB_domain "DOMAIN"
    PerlSetVar AuthenSimpleSMB_pdc    "PDC"
    <Location /protected>
      PerlAuthenHandler Authen::Simple::SMB
      AuthType          Basic
      AuthName          "Protected Area"
      Require           valid-user
    </Location>
```

## DESCRIPTION

Authenticate against an SMB server.

## METHODS

- •

  new

  This method takes a hash of parameters. The following options are valid:

  - •

    domain

    Domain to authenticate against. Required.

    ```
        domain => 'NTDOMAIN'
    ```

  - •

    pdc

    Primary Domain Controller. Required.

    ```
        pdc => 'PDC'
    ```

  - •

    bdc

    Backup Domain Controller.

    ```
        bdc => 'BDC'
    ```

  - •

    log

    Any object that supports `"debug"`, `"info"`, `"error"` and `"warn"`.

    ```
        log => Log::Log4perl->get_logger('Authen::Simple::SMB')
    ```

- •

  authenticate( `$username`, `$password` )

  Returns true on success and false on failure.

## SEE ALSO

Authen::Simple.

Authen::Smb.

## 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.