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1.1     ! root        1: .TH "XNSCREDS" 1 "3-FEB-87" "Xerox (WRC)"
        !             2: .\" $Header: xnscreds.n,v 1.1 87/01/15 16:47:37 ed Exp $
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: xnscreds - Prompt for and save user Clearinghouse name and verifier
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B xnscreds 
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-a
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: .B \-v
        !            11: ]
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: .I Xnscreds
        !            14: prompts for a user name and password which are interpreted as the user's
        !            15: Clearinghouse name and password for creating simple Authentication 
        !            16: credentials by the various XNS application programs.
        !            17: .I Xnscreds
        !            18: will output commands to 
        !            19: .I stdout
        !            20: which will set the environment variables XNSNAME and XNSPASSWD
        !            21: to the user name and ascii form of the computed simple verifier for the 
        !            22: supplied password.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: The command \*(lqeval \`\fIxnscreds\fR\`\*(rq can be inserted into a user's
        !            25: .I .login
        !            26: file which will make the environment variables available
        !            27: to other programs during a login session.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: The possible options are:
        !            30: .TP
        !            31: .B -a
        !            32: Causes \fIxnscreds\fR to validate the supplied credentials with a network
        !            33: Authentication service.
        !            34: .TP
        !            35: .B -v
        !            36: Causes appropriate informational messages to be displayed as work is done. 
        !            37: .SH NOTES
        !            38: .I Xnscreds
        !            39: will exit if not run from a terminal.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: .I Xnscreds
        !            42: will determine the current shell type and output appropriate commands.
        !            43: .PP
        !            44: The value saved in XNSPASSWD
        !            45: is a textual representation of the verifier value created from the user
        !            46: supplied password not the actual clear text password.
        !            47: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            48: getXNSuser(3N), GetSimpleCredsAndVerifier(3N)
        !            49: .br
        !            50: Clearinghouse Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 048404 (April 1984)
        !            51: .br
        !            52: Authentication Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 098404 (April 1984)
        !            53: .SH AUTHORS
        !            54: Ed Flint

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