NAME
    Net::Squid::Auth::Plugin::SimpleLDAP - A simple LDAP-based credentials
    validation plugin for Net::Squid::Auth::Engine

VERSION
    Version 0.1.9

SYNOPSIS
    If you're a system administrator trying to use Net::Squid::Auth::Engine
    to validate your user's credentials using a LDAP server as a credentials
    repository, do as described here:

    On "$Config{InstallScript}/squid-auth-engine"'s configuration file:

      plugin = SimpleLDAP
      <SimpleLDAP>
        # LDAP server
        server = myldap.server.somewhere       # mandatory

        # connection options
        <NetLDAP>                              # optional section with
          port = N                             #   Net::LDAP's
          scheme = 'ldap' | 'ldaps' | 'ldapi'  #     constructor
          ...                                  #     options
        </NetLDAP>

        # bind options
        binddn = cn=joedoe                     # mandatory
        bindpw = secretpassword                # mandatory

        # search options
        basedn = ou=mydept,o=mycompany.com     # mandatory
        objclass = inetOrgPerson               # opt, default "person"
        userattr = uid                         # opt, default "cn"
        passattr = password                    # opt, default "userPassword"
      </SimpleLDAP>

    Unless configured otherwise, this module will assume the users in your
    LDAP directory belong to the object class "person", as defined in
    section 3.12 of RFC 4519, and the user and password information will be
    looked for in the "cn" and "userPassword" attributes, respectively.

    On your Squid HTTP Cache configuration:

        auth_param basic /usr/bin/squid-auth-engine /etc/squid-auth-engine.conf

    And you're ready to use this module.

    If you're a developer, you might be interested in reading through the
    source code of this module, in order to learn about it's internals and
    how it works. It may give you ideas about how to implement other plugin
    modules for Net::Squid::Auth::Engine.

FUNCTIONS
  new( $config_hash )
    Constructor. Expects a hash reference with all the configuration under
    the section *<SimpleLDAP>* in the
    "$Config{InstallScript}/squid-auth-engine" as parameter. Returns a
    plugin instance.

  initialize()
    Initialization method called upon instantiation. This provides an
    opportunity for the plugin initialize itself, stablish database
    connections and ensure it have all the necessary resources to verify the
    credentials presented. It receives no parameters and expect no return
    values.

  _search()
    Searches the LDAP server. It expects one parameter with a search string
    for the username. The search string must conform with the format used in
    LDAP queries, as defined in section 3 of RFC 4515.

  is_valid( $username, $password )
    This is the credential validation interface. It expects a username and
    password as parameters and returns a boolean indicating if the
    credentials are valid (i.e., are listed in the configuration file) or
    not.

AUTHOR
    Alexei Znamensky, "<russoz at cpan.org>"

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to
    "bug-net-squid-auth-plugin-simpleldap at rt.cpan.org", or through the
    web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-Squid-Auth-Plugin-Si
    mpleLDAP>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified
    of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc Net::Squid::Auth::Plugin::SimpleLDAP

    Or take a look at the github site to be up to date:

        <http://russoz.github.com/Net-Squid-Auth-Plugin-SimpleLDAP>

    You can also look for information at:

    *   RFC 4515 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String
        Representation of Search Filters

        <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4515.html>

    *   RFC 4519 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Schema for
        User Applications

        <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4519.html>

    *   RT: CPAN's request tracker

        <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Net-Squid-Auth-Plugin-Simp
        leLDAP>

    *   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

        <http://annocpan.org/dist/Net-Squid-Auth-Plugin-SimpleLDAP>

    *   CPAN Ratings

        <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Net-Squid-Auth-Plugin-SimpleLDAP>

    *   Search CPAN

        <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Squid-Auth-Plugin-SimpleLDAP>

SEE ALSO
    Net::Squid::Auth::Engine, Net::LDAP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    Luis "Fields" Motta Campos "<lmc at cpan.org>", who could now say:

    "The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now
    *I* am the master."

    To what I'd reply:

    "Only a master of Perl, Fields"

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
    Copyright 2008,2010 Alexei Znamensky, all rights reserved.

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