NAME
    Authen::SASL::Authd - Client authentication via Cyrus saslauthd or
    Dovecot authentication daemon.

SYNOPSIS
        use Authen::SASL::Authd qw(auth_cyrus auth_dovecot);

        print "saslauthd said ok\n" if auth_cyrus('login', 'passwd');

        print "dovecot-auth denied login\n" unless auth_dovecot('login', 'passwd');

DESCRIPTION
    The "Authen::SASL::Authd" package implements PLAIN authentication
    protocols used by Cyrus saslauthd and Dovecot authentication daemon. It
    can be used to process authentication requests against configured SASL
    mechanism implemented by Cyrus or Dovecot SASL libraries.

METHODS
    auth_cyrus( 'LOGIN', 'PASSWD', [ service_name => 'SERVICE_NAME', ] [
    timeout => 'TIMEOUT (sec)', ] [ sock_file => '/SOCK/FILE/NAME', ] )
    Check provided user name and password against Cyrus saslauthd. Return
    true if authentication succeeded.

    auth_dovecot( 'LOGIN', 'PASSWD', [ service_name => 'SERVICE_NAME', ] [
    timeout => 'TIMEOUT (sec)', ] [ sock_file => '/SOCK/FILE/NAME', ] )
    Check provided user name and password against Dovecot authentication
    daemon. Return true if authentication succeeded.

AUTHOR
    Alex Protasenko <aprotasenko@bkmks.com>

COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
    Copyright 2007 by Alex Protasenko.

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

