[ANNOUNCEMENT] Auth-1.3.0r5 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package Auth-1.3.0r5 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- * Fixed Bug #2873: Allow calling programs to gracefully handle being unable to connect/bind to LDAP server. * Fixed Bug #4918: Added support to specify which authentication method to prefer when authenticating against a POP3 backend. * Fixed Bug #6644: Added support for LDAP_OPT_REFERRALS. Setting to false can improve compatibility with Active Directory. * Fixed Bug #6791: Made all calls to call_user_func() call_user_func_array and made calls consistant per change done in 1.3.0r3. * Fixed Bug #6803: depreciated DB function. Now requires DB >= 1.6.0 * Fixed Bug #6808: Whenever Auth_Container_DB attempts to change the database make sure the connection/DB object exists and is correct before attempting to Package Info ------------- The PEAR::Auth package provides methods for creating an authentication system using PHP. Currently it supports the following storage containers to read/write the login data: * All databases supported by the PEAR database layer * All databases supported by the MDB database layer * All databases supported by the MDB2 database layer * Plaintext files * LDAP servers * POP3 servers * IMAP servers * vpopmail accounts * RADIUS * SAMBA password files * SOAP Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/Auth Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/Auth/download/1.3.0r5 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/Auth-1.3.0r5.tgz Authors ------------- Martin Jansen <mj@php.net> (lead) James E. Flemer <jflemer@alum.rpi.edu> (developer) Yavor Shahpasov <yavo@siava.org> (lead) Adam Ashley <adam.ashley@ilisys.com.au> (lead)