DESCRIPTION

LCFG::Authorize - perl interface to the LCFG authorization system

SYNOPSIS

use LCFG::Authorize;

$ok=LCFG::Authorize::check($user,@capabilities)

... or ...

$auth=new LCFG::Authorize;

$ok=$auth->check($user,@capabilities);

METHODS

$auth=new LCFG::Authorize;

Create a new instance of the interface.

$auth->check($user,@capabilities);

Check whether the user has any of the capabilities listed in @capabilities

$user=$auth->aname2lname($principal)

Convert a users authentication name to a local (Unix) username.

PLATFORMS

Solaris9, Fedora3, Fedora5, Fedora6, Scientific5

AUTHOR

Paul Anderson <dcspaul@inf.ed.ac.uk>, Simon Wilkinson <sxw@inf.ed.ac.uk>