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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/auth_subr.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/auth_subr.3 | 27 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/auth_subr.3 b/lib/libc/gen/auth_subr.3 index 3bdc69abb08..2b0d9f912ff 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/auth_subr.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/auth_subr.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: auth_subr.3,v 1.20 2013/06/05 03:39:22 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: auth_subr.3,v 1.21 2013/08/14 08:39:24 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. All rights reserved. .\" @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" BSDI $From: auth_subr.3,v 2.5 2000/03/30 19:11:27 polk Exp $ -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2013 $ .Dt BSD_AUTH 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -104,14 +104,19 @@ .Ft void .Fn auth_setstate "auth_session_t *as" "int state" .Sh DESCRIPTION -These functions provide the lower level interface to the BSD +These functions provide the lower level interface to the +.Bx Authentication system. -They all operate on a BSD Authentication session pointer, +They all operate on a +.Bx +Authentication session pointer, .Fa as , which is returned by .Fn auth_open . The session pointer -must be passed to all other BSD Authentication functions called. +must be passed to all other +.Bx +Authentication functions called. The .Fn auth_open function returns @@ -173,9 +178,13 @@ is called. .Pp The remaining functions are described in alphabetical order. .Pp -The fundamental function for doing BSD Authentication is +The fundamental function for doing +.Bx +Authentication is .Fn auth_call . -In addition to the pointer to the BSD Authentication session, it takes +In addition to the pointer to the +.Bx +Authentication session, it takes the following parameters: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Ar path @@ -372,7 +381,9 @@ The latest challenge, if any, set for the session. The class of the user, as defined by the .Pa /etc/login.conf file. -This value is not directly used by BSD Authentication, rather, it is +This value is not directly used by +.Bx +Authentication, rather, it is passed to the login scripts for their possible use. .It Dv AUTH_INTERACTIVE If set to any value, then the session is tagged as interactive. |