Authen-Prepare version 0.05

DESCRIPTION

   Authen::Prepare sets up authentication credentials for a specific
   hostname, username, and password using a combination of stored
   information and user prompts. These credentials can be used in other
   scripts or modules that require authentication information. Using this
   module allows these other scripts to be flexible in their usage of
   authentication information without recoding user prompts or storing
   passwords in the code.

   The simplest use of this module is to create the initial object it with
   no arguments; the credentials will be built from a set of user prompts.

   A more full-featured use of this module is to specify all authentication
   information ahead of time using a password file and command-line
   arguments or environment variables. The initial object can then be
   created with three named arguments (hostname, username, and passfile)
   and the credentials for the specified hostname and username will be
   extracted from the password file. This allows the calling script to be
   used in an automated environment.

   Any combination of the named arguments can be provided; the user will be
   prompted for any missing information.

 Password File
   The password file must not have any group or world permissions in order
   to be usable by this module. Each line of the password file should
   contain the hostname, username, and password separated by a colon.

   Wildcards are supported in the hostname field only. This allows a
   default host to be specified.

   Comments may be added by prefixing a line with the '#' character.
   (Inline comments are not supported at this time.)

   NOTE: The password file is read from top to bottom so only the first
   match will be returned.

     Example:

     # this is a comment
     hostname1:username1:password1
     hostname2:username2:password2
     host*:username:password
     # default hostname
     *:username:password

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install


Alternatively, to install with Module::Build, you can use the following
commands:

   perl Build.PL
   ./Build
   ./Build test
   ./Build install



DEPENDENCIES

   IO::Prompt
   Readonly
   Text::Glob


PROJECT HOME PAGE

http://authen-prepare.googlecode.com


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2007, David Narayan

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

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