RT::Authen::ExternalAuth::DBI - External database source for RT authentication
Provides the database implementation for RT::Authen::ExternalAuth.
Set($ExternalSettings, { 'My_MySQL' => { 'type' => 'db', 'dbi_driver' => 'DBI_DRIVER', 'server' => 'server.domain.tld', 'port' => 'DB_PORT', 'user' => 'DB_USER', 'pass' => 'DB_PASS', 'database' => 'DB_NAME', 'table' => 'USERS_TABLE', 'u_field' => 'username', 'p_field' => 'password', # Example of custom hashed password check #'p_check' => sub { # my ($hash_from_db, $password) = @_; # return $hash_from_db eq function($password); #}, 'p_enc_pkg' => 'Crypt::MySQL', 'p_enc_sub' => 'password', 'p_salt' => 'SALT', 'd_field' => 'disabled', 'd_values' => ['0'], 'attr_match_list' => [ 'Gecos', 'Name', ], 'attr_map' => { 'Name' => 'username', 'EmailAddress' => 'email', 'ExternalAuthId' => 'username', 'Gecos' => 'userID', }, }, } );
DBI-specific options are described here. Shared options are described in the etc/RT_SiteConfig.pm file included in this distribution.
The example in the "SYNOPSIS" lists all available options and they are described below. See the DBI module for details on debugging connection issues.
The name of the Perl DBI driver to use (e.g. mysql, Pg, SQLite).
The server hosting the database.
The port to use to connect on (e.g. 3306).
The database user for the connection.
The password for the database user.
The database name.
The database table containing the user information to check against.
The field in the table that holds usernames
The field in the table that holds passwords
Optional. An anonymous subroutine definition used to check the (presumably hashed) passed from the database with the password entered by the user logging in. The subroutine should return true on success and false on failure. The configuration options p_enc_pkg and p_enc_sub will be ignored when p_check is defined.
p_enc_pkg
p_enc_sub
p_check
An example, where FooBar() is some external hashing function:
FooBar()
p_check => sub { my ($hash_from_db, $password) = @_; return $hash_from_db eq FooBar($password); },
Importantly, the p_check subroutine allows for arbitrarily complex password checking unlike p_enc_pkg and p_enc_sub.
The Perl package and subroutine used to encrypt passwords from the database. For example, if the passwords are stored using the MySQL v3.23 "PASSWORD" function, then you will need the Crypt::MySQL password function, but for the MySQL4+ password you will need Crypt::MySQL's password41. Alternatively, you could use Digest::MD5 md5_hex or any other encryption subroutine you can load in your Perl installation.
password
password41
md5_hex
If p_enc_sub takes a salt as a second parameter then set it here.
The field and values in the table that determines if a user should be disabled. For example, if the field is 'user_status' and the values are ['0','1','2','disabled'] then the user will be disabled if their user_status is set to '0','1','2' or the string 'disabled'. Otherwise, they will be considered enabled.
To install RT::Authen::ExternalAuth, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm RT::Authen::ExternalAuth
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install RT::Authen::ExternalAuth
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.