Testing: Move runes to tests/README

[cgi-auth-flexible.git] / caf.pod

diff --git a/caf.pod b/caf.pod
index e93beb29e3df2135ec909003dd80f480d9702ff3..4277923aa9603f782c7a643aaa358d3d9cccdbe6 100644 (file)
--- a/caf.pod
+++ b/caf.pod
@@ -618,8 +618,8 @@ any tags.
 
 =item C<CookieSecret>
 
-The secret cookie which should be set along with whatever response is
-sent to the client.  The value in the hash is the actual secret value
+The login cookie which should be set along with whatever response is
+sent to the client.  The value in the hash is the actual value
 of the cookie as a string.  C<undef> means no cookie setting header
 should be sent; C<''> means the cookie should be cleared.
 
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ path settings are relative values.
 
 Must be an absolute filename.
 
-=item C<assocdb_dbh>
+=item C<db_dbh>
 
 CGI::Auth::Flexible needs a database for recording users' login
 session.  This database needs to be shared across all instances of the
@@ -766,26 +766,26 @@ particular, there is no need for transactional integrity across
 changes made by CAF and your own application.)
 
 By default, CAF uses a sqlite3 database stored on local disk in the
-file named by C<assocdb_path>.  This will be suitable for all
+file named by C<db_path>.  This will be suitable for all
 applications which run on a single host.
 
 This value, if supplied, should be a DBI handle for the database.
 
-=item C<assocdb_dsn>
+=item C<db_dsn>
 
 This is the DSN to pass to C<< DBI->connect >>.  Used only if
-C<assocdb_dbh> is not supplied.
+C<db_dbh> is not supplied.
 
-=item C<assocdb_path>
+=item C<db_path>
 
 Path to the sqlite3 database used for CAF's session storage.  The
-default is currently C<caf-assocs.db> but will change in the future.
+default is C<caf.db>.
 
-Used only if neither C<assocdb_dbh> or C<assocdb_dsn> are supplied.
+Used only if neither C<db_dbh> or C<db_dsn> are supplied.
 
 If this is a relative path, it is in C<dir>.
 
-=item C<assocdb_table>
+=item C<db_prefix>
 
 Prefix for the SQL tables and indices to use (and to create, if
 necessary).
@@ -1311,12 +1311,27 @@ your application runs on multiple frontend hosts with a shared
 database, you may need to create for yourself the tables and indices
 used by CGI::Auth::Flexible.
 
+By default, every time CAF starts up, it attempts to execute certain
+fixed database statements to create the tables and indices it needs.
+These are run with C<$dbh->{PrintError}> set to 0.  The effect with
+sqlite (the default database) is that the tables and indices are
+created iff they do not already exist, and that no spurious errors are
+reported anywhere.
+
+If you use a different database, or just prefer to do things
+differently, you can set up the tables yourself and/or disable or
+modify the default setup statements, via the C<db_setup_stmts>
+setting.
+
+The tables needed are:
+
+
 xxx document _db_setup_do
 xxx make _db_setup_do explicitly overrideable
 
 
 xxx remaining settings
- assocdb_password
+ db_password
  username_password_error
  login_ok
  get_cookie_domain
@@ -1324,11 +1339,13 @@ xxx remaining settings
  print
  debug
 
-xxx document cookie
+xxx document cookie usage
+xxx document construct_cookie fn
+
+xxx document @default_db_setup_statements
 
 xxx bugs wrong default random on Linux
 xxx bugs wrong default random on *BSD
 xxx bugs keys not shared should be in db
-xxx rename caf-assocs.db
 xxx rename caf_assocsecret default cookie name
 xxx mention relationship between login_timeout and cookies