Description
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This is version 0.05 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
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	+ Added syntax control over SessionManagerExpire directive. A explicit '0' 
	  value means no expiration time (if undefined the default value is 3600)
	+ Added syntax control over SessionManagerInactivity directive
	+ Removed dependency from Apache::Cookie. CGI::Cookie will be used instead
	  of Apache::Cookie if libapreq aren't installed
	+ Added Apache::SessionManager::cookpod pod HOWTO 
	+ Added PLP.pm patch (patches/PLP-3.18.patch) to add direcly $session into 
	  PLP Perl embedder
	+ Added patch (patches/Apache-Session-1.54-patch) for Apache::Session::Lock::File
	+ Added authentication test handler t/lib/MyAuth.pm to show how Apache::SessionManager 
     can work with authentication (see perldoc Apache::SessionManager::cookpod)
	! Modified test handler t/lib/PrintEnv.pm to print $session dump
	! Update module docs, added sections
	! Updated test and docs

Installation
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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
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- 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) 2001-2003 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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