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+++ b/lib/CPT/Auth.pm	Mon Jun 05 02:50:07 2023 +0000
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+package CPT::Auth;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use autodie;
+use Moose;
+
+has DN => (
+	is	    => 'rw',
+	isa 	=> 'Str',
+);
+
+
+sub check_credentials {
+	my ( $self, %params ) = @_;
+	use Net::LDAPS;
+	print STDERR "Connecting to LDAP\n";
+	my $base = 'dc=tamu,dc=edu';
+	my $ldap = Net::LDAPS->new('00-ldap-biobio.tamu.edu') or die "$@";
+	my $mesg = $ldap->bind;    # an anonymous bind
+
+	my $username = $params{'username'};
+	my $password = $params{'password'};
+
+	$mesg = $ldap->search(     # perform a search
+		base   => $base,
+		filter => "uid=$username",
+	);
+	my $max = $mesg->count;
+
+	# Should we exit early?
+	for ( my $i = 0 ; $i < $max ; $i++ ) {
+		my $entry = $mesg->entry($i);
+		$self->DN() = $entry->dn();
+	}
+	$mesg = $ldap->bind( $self->DN(), password => $password );
+	if ( $mesg->error() eq 'Success' ) {
+		return 1;
+
+		#print "Succesfully logged you in";
+	}
+	else {
+		return 0;
+
+		#print "Error: ";
+		#print $mesg->error();
+	}
+}
+
+no Moose;
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=encoding UTF-8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+CPT::Auth
+
+=head1 VERSION
+
+version 1.99.4
+
+=head2 check_credentials
+
+    $cptauth->check_credentials(username=>'J.doe',password=>$password);
+
+return 1 or 0, based on success or failure, respectively.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Eric Rasche <rasche.eric@yandex.ru>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Eric Rasche.
+
+This is free software, licensed under:
+
+  The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007
+
+=cut