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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 | 48 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 index e90f7e4..27b9870 100644 --- a/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 +++ b/lib/libc/rpc/rpc_secure.3 @@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ must be running for the .Tn DES authentication system to work. .Pp -.Fn Authdes_create , +The +.Fn authdes_create +function, used on the client side, returns an authentication handle that will enable the use of the secure authentication system. The first parameter @@ -110,7 +112,9 @@ generate a random key to be used for the encryption of credentials. If it is supplied, however, then it will be used instead. .Pp -.Fn Authdes_getucred , +The +.Fn authdes_getucred +function, the second of the two .Tn DES authentication routines, @@ -127,7 +131,9 @@ in that pulls its information from a cache, and does not have to do a Yellow Pages lookup every time it is called to get its information. .Pp -.Fn Getnetname +The +.Fn getnetname +function installs the unique, operating-system independent netname of the caller in the fixed-length array @@ -138,7 +144,9 @@ if it succeeds and .Dv FALSE if it fails. .Pp -.Fn Host2netname +The +.Fn host2netname +function converts from a domain-specific hostname to an operating-system independent netname. Returns @@ -149,7 +157,9 @@ if it fails. Inverse of .Fn netname2host . .Pp -.Fn Key_decryptsession +The +.Fn key_decryptsession +function is an interface to the keyserver daemon, which is associated with .Tn RPC Ns 's @@ -167,7 +177,9 @@ and the .Tn RPC library are the main clients of these four routines. .Pp -.Fn Key_decryptsession +The +.Fn key_decryptsession +function takes a server netname and a .Tn DES key, and decrypts the key by @@ -176,7 +188,9 @@ associated with the effective uid of the calling process. It is the inverse of .Fn key_encryptsession . .Pp -.Fn Key_encryptsession +The +.Fn key_encryptsession +function is a keyserver interface routine. It takes a server netname and a des key, and encrypts @@ -185,7 +199,9 @@ associated with the effective uid of the calling process. It is the inverse of .Fn key_decryptsession . .Pp -.Fn Key_gendes +The +.Fn key_gendes +function is a keyserver interface routine. It is used to ask the keyserver for a secure conversation key. @@ -196,14 +212,18 @@ because the common ways of choosing random numbers, such as using the current time, are very easy to guess. .Pp -.Fn Key_setsecret +The +.Fn key_setsecret +function is a keyserver interface routine. It is used to set the key for the effective .Fa uid of the calling process. .Pp -.Fn Netname2host +The +.Fn netname2host +function converts from an operating-system independent netname to a domain-specific hostname. Returns @@ -213,7 +233,9 @@ if it succeeds and if it fails. Inverse of .Fn host2netname . .Pp -.Fn Netname2user +The +.Fn netname2user +function converts from an operating-system independent netname to a domain-specific user ID. Returns @@ -224,7 +246,9 @@ if it fails. Inverse of .Fn user2netname . .Pp -.Fn User2netname +The +.Fn user2netname +function converts from a domain-specific username to an operating-system independent netname. Returns |