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1.1     ! root        1: .TH "CREDENTIALS" 3 "3-Feb-87" Cornell
        !             2: .\" $Header: credentials.n,v 1.2 87/04/01 13:55:40 ed Exp $
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: GetSimpleCredsAndVerifier
        !             5: MakeSimpleCredsAndVerifier,
        !             6: \- Authentication credentials/verifier creation routines
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .nf
        !            10: .B "#include <xnscourier/Authentication2.h>"
        !            11: .PP
        !            12: .B "GetSimpleCredsAndVerifier(name, pwd, credentials, verifier)"
        !            13: .B "   Authentication2_Clearinghouse_Name *name;"
        !            14: .B "   char *pwd;"
        !            15: .B "   Authentication2_Credentials *credentials;"
        !            16: .B "   Authentication2_Verifier *verifier;"
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: .B "MakeSimpleCredsAndVerifier(name, pwd, credentials, verifier)"
        !            19: .B "   Authentication2_Clearinghouse_Name *name;"
        !            20: .B "   char *pwd;"
        !            21: .B "   Authentication2_Credentials *credentials;"
        !            22: .B "   Authentication2_Verifier *verifier;"
        !            23: .f
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: Link with
        !            26: .IR "-lcourier" .
        !            27: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: .I GetSimpleCredsAndVerifier
        !            30: determines the user name and simple verifier by
        !            31: calling
        !            32: .I getXNSuser
        !            33: and then creates the appropriate simple credentials and verifier returning 
        !            34: them in the areas pointed to by the arguments
        !            35: .I credentials
        !            36: and
        !            37: .IR verifier .
        !            38: .I GetSimpleCredsAndVerifier
        !            39: also returns the user Clearinghouse name in the area and the ascii form of 
        !            40: the simple verifier in the area pointed to by
        !            41: .I name
        !            42: and
        !            43: .I pwd 
        !            44: respectively. This is used in conjunction with the use of
        !            45: .I xnscreds
        !            46: which sets the appropriate environment variables for
        !            47: .B XNSNAME
        !            48: and 
        !            49: .BR XNSPASSWD .
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: The routine
        !            52: .I MakeSimpleCredsAndVerifier
        !            53: creates a set of Authentication credentials and verifier of type simple from
        !            54: the user name (in Clearinghouse 3-part format) and password supplied in the 
        !            55: arguments
        !            56: .I name
        !            57: and 
        !            58: .IR pwd .
        !            59: The created credentials and verifier are returned in the areas pointed to by
        !            60: the arguments
        !            61: .I credentials
        !            62: and
        !            63: .IR verifier .
        !            64: .PP
        !            65: .I MakeSimpleCredsAndVerifier
        !            66: is maintained for backward compatiblity.
        !            67: .SH NOTES
        !            68: At this time only the simple flavor of credentials and verifiers are 
        !            69: supported.
        !            70: .SH FILES
        !            71: /usr/local/lib/libcourier.a            -lcourier library.
        !            72: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            73: getXNSuser(3n), xnscreds(1n)
        !            74: .br
        !            75: ``XNS Courier Under Unix''
        !            76: .br
        !            77: Authentication Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 098404 (April 1984).
        !            78: .SH AUTHOR
        !            79: J.Q. Johnson
        !            80: 

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