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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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