Authentication Module

This is the authentication module. By modifying the function HTAA_authenticate() it can be made to support external authentication methods.

#ifndef HTAUTH_H
#define HTAUTH_H

#include "HTUtils.h"
#include "HTAAUtil.h"


#ifdef SHORT_NAMES
#define	HTAAauth	HTAA_authenticate
#endif /* SHORT_NAMES */


/*
** Server's representation of a user (fields in authentication string)
*/
typedef struct {
    HTAAScheme	scheme;		/* Scheme used to authenticate this user */
    char *	username;
    char *	password;
    char *	inet_addr;
    char *	timestamp;
    char *	secret_key;
} HTAAUser;

extern HTAAUser * HTUser;

#include "HTAAProt.h"

User Authentication

/* SERVER PUBLIC					HTAA_authenticate()
**			AUTHENTICATE USER
** ON ENTRY:
**	req		request.
**	req->scheme	used authentication scheme.
**	req->scheme_specifics
**			the scheme specific parameters
**			(authentication string for Basic and
**			Pubkey schemes).
**	req->prot	is the protection information structure
**			for the file.
**
** ON EXIT:
**	returns		YES, if authentication succeeds and
**			req->user is set to point to the authenticated
**			user.  NO, if authentication fails.
*/
PUBLIC BOOL HTAA_authenticate PARAMS((HTRequest * req));

#endif /* not HTAUTH_H */

End of file HTAuth.h.