.TH "AUTH_CREDCHECK" 3 "29-Dec-86" "Xerox (WRC)" .\" $Header: authcredcheck.n,v 1.1 87/01/15 16:48:03 ed Exp $ .SH NAME Auth_CredCheck \- Check user supplied credentials and verifier with a network Authentication service .SH SYNOPSIS .PP .nf .B "#include <sys/types.h>" .B "#include <netns/ns.h>" .B "#include <xnscourier/Authentication2.h>" .B "#include <xnscourier/courier.h>" .PP .B "Boolean Auth_CredCheck(creds, verifier)" .B " Authentication2_Credentials creds;" .B " Authentication2_Verifier verifier;" .f .PP Link with .IR "-lcourier" . .SH DESCRIPTION The routine .I Auth_CredCheck returns TRUE or FALSE depending upon whether the supplied credentials and verifier are valid as determined by a network Authentication service. The credentials and verifier supplied in the arguments .I credentials and .I verifier must be of type simple. If another type is supplied, FALSE will be returned. If .I credentials specifies .I nullCredentials TRUE will be returned. .PP .I AuthGetFirstAuth is used to locate a network Authentication service where the credentials and verifier may be validated. If no service can be located or a connection established, the return value will also be FALSE. .SH NOTES Currently only the simple flavor of credentials and verifiers are supported. .SH FILES /usr/local/lib/libcourier.a -lcourier library. .SH SEE ALSO Auth_GetFirstAuth(3N), xnsbfs(1N) .br ``XNS Courier Under Unix'' .br Authentication Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 098404 (April 1984). .SH AUTHOR Ed Flint