Description

This is version 1.03 of Apache::SessionManager

This package is an HTTP session manager. Apache::SessionManager is a mod_perl module that helps session management of a web application. This simple module is a wrapper around Apache::Session persistence framework for session data. It creates a session object and makes it available to all other handlers transparenlty by putting it in pnotes.

See perldoc Apache::SessionManager for module documentation and use See perldoc Apache::SessionManager::cookpod for more info about module use

Changes from previous version

• Adopted dotted-quad/mask syntax (eg "192.168.0.0/16") when setting SessionManagerIPExclude IP exclusion list + Added remote IP in debug messages + Added new cookpod section: "Apache::SessionManager WITH CGI::Builder" ! Substituted each STDERR prints with $r->log_error mod_perl API calls ! Bug fix: SessionManagerHeaderExclude skips check when header or its value is undefined ! Tested also with latest Apache/mod_perl release (2.0.52/1.99_17)

See 'Changes' file for complete history revisions.

Installation

In order to install and use this package you will need Perl version 5.005 or better. Installation as usual:

% perl Makefile.PL
% make
% make test
% su
Password: *******
% make install

Prerequisites

• mod_perl (of course) >= 1.24 with the appropriate call-back hooks (PERL_TRANS=1, PERL_HEADER_PARSER=1)
• Apache::Session >= 0.53 is required

  (http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/Apache-Session-x.yy.tar.gz)

• Apache::Request >= 0.33 (libapreq) is preferred but not required. If not

  present CGI::Cookie will be used instead. (http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/libapreq-x.yy.tar.gz)

Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Enrico Sorcinelli. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

Author: Enrico Sorcinelli <enrico@sorcinelli.it>

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