RPC(3) BSD Programmer's Manual RPC(3)
auth_destroy, authnone_create, authunix_create, authunix_create_default -
library routines for remote procedure calls
#include <rpc/rpc.h>
void
auth_destroy(AUTH *auth);
AUTH *
authnone_create(void);
AUTH *
authunix_create(char *host, int uid, int gid, int len, int *aup.gids);
AUTH *
authunix_create_default(void);
These routines establish authentication information for use by the RPC
functions described in rpc(3).
auth_destroy() is a macro that destroys the authentication information
associated with auth. Destruction usually involves deallocation of
private data structures. The use of auth is undefined after calling
auth_destroy().
authnone_create() creates and returns an RPC authentication handle that
passes nonusable authentication information with each remote procedure
call. This is the default authentication used by RPC.
authunix_create() creates and returns an RPC authentication handle that
contains UNIX 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. It is easy to imper-
sonate a user.
authunix_create_default() calls authunix_create() with the appropriate
parameters.
rpcgen(1), select(2), getrpcport(3), rpc(3), xdr(3), rpc(5), portmap(8)
Remote Procedure Calls: Protocol Specification.
Remote Procedure Call Programming Guide.
rpcgen Programming Guide.
Sun Microsystems, Inc., RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol
Specification, RFC 1057, USC-ISI.
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