Re: Windows authentication without a password

[email protected] (Adam Sjøgren) Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:39:10 +0200

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:52:33 -0500, Lawrence wrote:

> And the obvious answer is:  No - if there were a way to authenticate
> without a password, there'd be no point in HAVING passwords.

If it is enabled on the webserver, and say your company network, you can
authenticate using Kerberos (getting a ticket with kinit/at login).
Microsoft Active Directory implements Kerberos.

LWP::Authen::Negotiate is the module needed in such a setup.

  Best regards,

    Adam

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