= IAuthU

* http://github.com/rheimbuch/iauthu

== DESCRIPTION:

IAuthU provides a basic iTunes U authentication server, along with libraries for building iTunes U authentication servers into your own application.

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

* Features
  * Support for iTunes U authentication system.
  * Plug-able authentication back-ends.
  * Includes authentication back-ends for basic LDAP and chained authentication sources.
  * Supports running as CGI, FastCGI, WEBrick, Mongrel, etc using Rack

== SYNOPSIS:

* Generate the config file in /etc/iauthu/iauthu.conf (see `iauthu -h` for all options)

    $ sudo iauthu -g

* Edit /etc/iauthu/iauth.conf and fill in your iTunes U authentication settings.

* To run as a standalone server:

    $ iauthu

* To run as a cgi, symlink the iauthu binary into your cgi-bin directory or any directory that allows executing cgi scripts:

    $ ln -s /usr/bin/iauthu /usr/lib/cgi-bin/iauthu.cgi


== REQUIREMENTS:

* Rack
* Markaby
* Ruby-HMAC
* Net/LDAP

== INSTALL:

  gem install iauthu

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 Ryan Heimbuch

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