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1.1       root        1: .TH "AUTH_CREDCHECK" 3 "29-Dec-86" "Xerox (WRC)"
                      2: .\" $Header: authcredcheck.n,v 1.1 87/01/15 16:48:03 ed Exp $
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: Auth_CredCheck
                      5: \- Check user supplied credentials and verifier with a network Authentication 
                      6: service
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .PP
                      9: .nf
                     10: .B "#include <sys/types.h>"
                     11: .B "#include <netns/ns.h>"
                     12: .B "#include <xnscourier/Authentication2.h>"
                     13: .B "#include <xnscourier/courier.h>"
                     14: .PP
                     15: .B "Boolean Auth_CredCheck(creds, verifier)"
                     16: .B "   Authentication2_Credentials creds;"
                     17: .B "   Authentication2_Verifier verifier;"
                     18: .f
                     19: .PP
                     20: Link with
                     21: .IR "-lcourier" .
                     22: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     23: The routine
                     24: .I Auth_CredCheck
                     25: returns TRUE or FALSE depending upon whether the supplied credentials and
                     26: verifier are valid as determined by a network Authentication service. The
                     27: credentials and verifier supplied in the arguments
                     28: .I credentials
                     29: and 
                     30: .I verifier
                     31: must be of type simple. If another type is supplied, FALSE will be returned.
                     32: If
                     33: .I credentials
                     34: specifies 
                     35: .I nullCredentials
                     36: TRUE will be returned.
                     37: .PP
                     38: .I AuthGetFirstAuth
                     39: is used to locate a network Authentication service where the credentials and
                     40: verifier may be validated. If no service can be located or a connection 
                     41: established, the return value will also be FALSE.
                     42: .SH NOTES
                     43: Currently only the simple flavor of credentials and verifiers are supported.
                     44: .SH FILES
                     45: /usr/local/lib/libcourier.a            -lcourier library.
                     46: .SH SEE ALSO
                     47: Auth_GetFirstAuth(3N), xnsbfs(1N)
                     48: .br
                     49: ``XNS Courier Under Unix''
                     50: .br
                     51: Authentication Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 098404 (April 1984).
                     52: .SH AUTHOR
                     53: Ed Flint
                     54: 

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