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Authentication

Communicate with the AUS. More...

Functions
int	macs_logout (macs_session *sess)
	Log out a MACS session.
int	macs_login (macs_session *sess, const char *method, const void *login, const int login_len, const void *pwd, const int pwd_len, const int timeout)
	Log in a MACS session.
int	macs_auth_sess (macs_session *sess)
	Authenticate a logged-in session.

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Detailed Description

Communicate with the AUS.

The Authentication routines determine and toggle a session pointer's state.

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Function Documentation

int macs_logout (  macs_session *    sess )

Log out a MACS session. Parameters: sess  A MACS session Returns: 1 on success, 0 on failure Removes a session from the AUS, logging it out of MACS.

int macs_login (  macs_session *    sess, const char *    method, const void *    login, const int    login_len, const void *    pwd, const int    pwd_len, const int    timeout )

Log in a MACS session. Parameters: sess  A MACS session method  The login method to verify with. If NULL, the MACS default method is used. login  The username to verify login_len  The length of the username pwd  The password/token to verify pwd_len  The length of the password/token timeout  The idle time before the session is closed. -1 for default, 0 for no session. Returns: 1 on success, 0 on failure Logs a session into the AUS, so that it can be verified with macs_auth_sess(), replace any identity information already in the session pointer. Examples: sample.c.

int macs_auth_sess (  macs_session *    sess )

Authenticate a logged-in session. Parameters: sess  A MACS session Returns: 1 if session is logged in, 0 otherwise Queries an AUS as to the validity of a session's logged-in status.

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