rpc_clnt_auth(3nsl) [sunos man page]

rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL)				       Networking Services Library Functions				       rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL)

NAME

       rpc_clnt_auth,  auth_destroy,  authnone_create,	authsys_create, authsys_create_default - library routines for client side remote procedure
       call authentication

SYNOPSIS

       void auth_destroy(AUTH *auth);

       AUTH *authnone_create	(void);

       AUTH *authsys_create(const cha r*host,  const uid_t uid, const gid_t gid, const int len, const gid_t *aup_gids);

       AUTH *authsys_create_default(void);

DESCRIPTION

       These routines are part of the RPC library that allows C language programs to make procedure calls on other machines  across  the  network,
       with desired authentication.

       These routines are normally called after creating the CLIENT handle. The cl_auth field of the CLIENT structure should be initialized by the
       AUTH structure returned by some of the following routines. The client's authentication information is passed to the  server  when  the  RPC
       call is made.

       Only the NULL and the SYS style of authentication is discussed here. For the DES style authentication, please refer to secure_rpc(3NSL).

       The NULL and SYS style of authentication are safe in multithreaded applications. For the MT-level of the DES style, see its pages.

   Routines
       The following routines require that the header <rpc/rpc.h> be included (see rpc(3NSL) for the definition of the AUTH data structure).

       #include <rpc/rpc.h>

       auth_destroy()

	   A  function	macro that destroys the authentication information associated with auth. Destruction usually involves deallocation of pri-
	   vate data structures. The use of auth is undefined after calling auth_destroy().

       authnone_create()

	   Create and return an RPC authentication handle that passes nonusable authentication information with each remote procedure  call.  This
	   is the default authentication used by RPC.

       authsys_create()

	   Create and return an RPC authentication handle that contains AUTH_SYS authentication information. The parameter host is the name of the
	   machine on which the information was created; uid is the user's user ID; gid is the user's current group ID; len and aup_gids refer	to
	   a counted array of groups to which the user belongs.

       authsys_create_default

	   Call authsys_create() with the appropriate parameters.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       rpc(3NSL), rpc_clnt_calls(3NSL), rpc_clnt_create(3NSL), secure_rpc(3NSL), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    14 Jan 2002 					       rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL)

rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL)				       Networking Services Library Functions				       rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL)

NAME

       rpc_clnt_auth,  auth_destroy,  authnone_create,	authsys_create, authsys_create_default - library routines for client side remote procedure
       call authentication

SYNOPSIS

       void auth_destroy(AUTH *auth);

       AUTH *authnone_create	(void);

       AUTH *authsys_create(const cha r*host,  const uid_t uid, const gid_t gid, const int len, const gid_t *aup_gids);

       AUTH *authsys_create_default(void);

DESCRIPTION

       These routines are part of the RPC library that allows C language programs to make procedure calls on other machines  across  the  network,
       with desired authentication.

       These routines are normally called after creating the CLIENT handle. The cl_auth field of the CLIENT structure should be initialized by the
       AUTH structure returned by some of the following routines. The client's authentication information is passed to the  server  when  the  RPC
       call is made.

       Only the NULL and the SYS style of authentication is discussed here. For the DES style authentication, please refer to secure_rpc(3NSL).

       The NULL and SYS style of authentication are safe in multithreaded applications. For the MT-level of the DES style, see its pages.

   Routines
       The following routines require that the header <rpc/rpc.h> be included (see rpc(3NSL) for the definition of the AUTH data structure).

       #include <rpc/rpc.h>

       auth_destroy()

	   A  function	macro that destroys the authentication information associated with auth. Destruction usually involves deallocation of pri-
	   vate data structures. The use of auth is undefined after calling auth_destroy().

       authnone_create()

	   Create and return an RPC authentication handle that passes nonusable authentication information with each remote procedure  call.  This
	   is the default authentication used by RPC.

       authsys_create()

	   Create and return an RPC authentication handle that contains AUTH_SYS authentication information. The parameter host is the name of the
	   machine on which the information was created; uid is the user's user ID; gid is the user's current group ID; len and aup_gids refer	to
	   a counted array of groups to which the user belongs.

       authsys_create_default

	   Call authsys_create() with the appropriate parameters.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       rpc(3NSL), rpc_clnt_calls(3NSL), rpc_clnt_create(3NSL), secure_rpc(3NSL), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    14 Jan 2002 					       rpc_clnt_auth(3NSL)