6 Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP::User
7 - A User object representing an LDAP object.
11 You should be creating these objects through L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP::Backend>'s "get_user" method, or just letting $c->authenticate do
15 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
17 id => $c->req->param(username),
18 password => $c->req->param(password)
20 $c->log->debug($c->user->username . "is really neat!");
23 If you access just $c->user in a scalar context, it will return the current
28 This wraps up an LDAP object and presents a simplified interface to it's
29 contents. It uses some AUTOLOAD magic to pass method calls it doesn't
30 understand through as simple read only accessors for the LDAP entries
33 It gets grumpy if you ask for an attribute via the AUTOLOAD mechanism
34 that it doesn't know about. Avoid that with using "has_attribute",
35 discussed in more detail below.
37 You can skip all that and just go straight to the L<Net::LDAP::Entry>
38 object through the "ldap_entry" method:
40 my $entry = $c->user->ldap_entry;
42 It also has support for Roles.
46 package Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP::User;
47 use base qw( Catalyst::Authentication::User Class::Accessor::Fast );
52 our $VERSION = '0.1005';
54 BEGIN { __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(qw/user store/) }
56 use overload '""' => sub { shift->stringify }, fallback => 1;
60 =head2 new($store, $user, $c)
62 Takes a L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP::Backend> object
63 as $store, and the data structure returned by that class's "get_user"
64 method as $user. The final argument is an instance of your application,
65 which is passed along for those wanting to subclass User and perhaps use
66 models for fetching data.
68 Returns a L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP::User> object.
73 my ( $class, $store, $user, $c ) = @_;
77 bless { store => $store, user => $user, }, $class;
82 Returns the results of the "stringify" method.
88 return $self->stringify;
93 Uses the "user_field" configuration option to determine what the "username"
94 of this object is, and returns it.
96 If you use the special value "dn" for user_field, it will return the DN
97 of the L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object.
103 my $userfield = $self->store->user_field;
104 $userfield = $$userfield[0] if ref $userfield eq 'ARRAY';
105 if ( $userfield eq "dn" ) {
106 my ($string) = $self->user->ldap_entry->dn;
110 my ($string) = $self->$userfield;
115 =head2 supported_features
117 Returns hashref of features that this Authentication::User subclass supports.
121 sub supported_features {
123 password => { self_check => 1, },
125 roles => { self_check => 0, },
129 =head2 check_password($password)
131 Bind's to the directory as the DN of the internal L<Net::LDAP::Entry> object,
132 using the bind password supplied in $password. Returns 1 on a successful
138 my ( $self, $password ) = @_;
140 = $self->store->ldap_bind( undef, $self->ldap_entry->dn, $password,
142 if ( defined($ldap) ) {
143 if ($self->store->role_search_as_user) {
144 # Have to do the role lookup _now_, as this is the only time
145 # that we have the user's password/ldap bind..
157 Returns the results of L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP::Backend>'s "lookup_roles" method, an array of roles that are valid for this user.
164 $self->{_roles} ||= [$self->store->lookup_roles($self, $ldap)];
165 return @{$self->{_roles}};
170 Returns the User object, stringified.
176 return $self->stringify;
181 Returns the raw ldap_entry.
187 return $self->user->{'ldap_entry'};
190 =head2 attributes($type)
192 Returns an array of attributes present for this user. If $type is "ashash",
193 it will return a hash with the attribute names as keys. (And the values of
194 those attributes as, well, the values of the hash)
199 my ( $self, $type ) = @_;
200 if ( $type eq "ashash" ) {
201 return $self->user->{'attributes'};
204 return keys( %{ $self->user->{'attributes'} } );
210 Returns the values for an attribute, or undef if that attribute is not present.
211 The safest way to get at an attribute.
216 my ( $self, $attribute ) = @_;
217 if ( !defined($attribute) ) {
218 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
219 "You must provide an attribute to has_attribute!");
221 if ( $attribute eq "dn" ) {
222 return $self->ldap_entry->dn;
224 elsif ( exists( $self->user->{'attributes'}->{$attribute} ) ) {
225 return $self->user->{'attributes'}->{$attribute};
232 =head2 AUTOLOADed methods
234 We automatically map the attributes of the underlying L<Net::LDAP::Entry>
235 object to read-only accessor methods. So, if you have an entry that looks
238 dn: cn=adam,ou=users,dc=yourcompany,dc=com
241 homeDirectory: /home/adam
245 mail: adam@yourcompany.com
249 objectClass: inetOrgPerson
250 objectClass: organizationalPerson
253 objectClass: posixAccount
257 $c->user->homedirectory
259 And you'll get the value of the "homeDirectory" attribute. Note that
260 all the AUTOLOADed methods are automatically lower-cased.
262 =head2 Special Keywords
264 The highly useful and common method "username" will map to the configured
265 value of user_field (uid by default.)
267 $c->user->username == $c->user->uid
274 ( my $method ) = ( our $AUTOLOAD =~ /([^:]+)$/ );
276 if ( $method eq "DESTROY" ) {
279 if ( exists( $self->user->{'attributes'}->{$method} ) ) {
280 return $self->user->{'attributes'}->{$method};
282 elsif ( $method eq "username" ) {
283 my $userfield = $self->store->user_field;
284 my $username = $self->has_attribute($userfield);
289 Catalyst::Exception->throw( "User is missing the "
291 . " attribute, which should not be possible!" );
295 Catalyst::Exception->throw(
296 "No attribute $method for User " . $self->stringify );
306 Adam Jacob <holoway@cpan.org>
308 Some parts stolen shamelessly and entirely from
309 L<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication::Store::Htpasswd>.
311 Currently maintained by Peter Karman <karman@cpan.org>.
315 To nothingmuch, ghenry, castaway and the rest of #catalyst for the help. :)
319 L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP>, L<Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP::Backend>, L<Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication>, L<Net::LDAP>
321 =head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
323 Copyright (c) 2005 the aforementioned authors. All rights
324 reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute
325 it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.