.TH "XNSCREDS" 1 "3-FEB-87" "Xerox (WRC)" .\" $Header: xnscreds.n,v 1.1 87/01/15 16:47:37 ed Exp $ .SH NAME xnscreds - Prompt for and save user Clearinghouse name and verifier .SH SYNOPSIS .B xnscreds [ .B \-a ] [ .B \-v ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Xnscreds prompts for a user name and password which are interpreted as the user's Clearinghouse name and password for creating simple Authentication credentials by the various XNS application programs. .I Xnscreds will output commands to .I stdout which will set the environment variables XNSNAME and XNSPASSWD to the user name and ascii form of the computed simple verifier for the supplied password. .PP The command \*(lqeval \`\fIxnscreds\fR\`\*(rq can be inserted into a user's .I .login file which will make the environment variables available to other programs during a login session. .PP The possible options are: .TP .B -a Causes \fIxnscreds\fR to validate the supplied credentials with a network Authentication service. .TP .B -v Causes appropriate informational messages to be displayed as work is done. .SH NOTES .I Xnscreds will exit if not run from a terminal. .PP .I Xnscreds will determine the current shell type and output appropriate commands. .PP The value saved in XNSPASSWD is a textual representation of the verifier value created from the user supplied password not the actual clear text password. .SH "SEE ALSO" getXNSuser(3N), GetSimpleCredsAndVerifier(3N) .br Clearinghouse Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 048404 (April 1984) .br Authentication Protocol, \s8XSIS\s0 098404 (April 1984) .SH AUTHORS Ed Flint