ASC_SECEQUAL

Checks to see if a user has security equivalence to the specified object.

Syntax

#include <ascauth.h>

int ASC_SECEQUAL(ASCENV *asce, char *user, char *object);

Parameters

asce

The environment item returned from the call to ASC_INIT() or ASC_INIT_EXT().

user

The Enterprise User ID to be tested.

Object

The fully distinguished object name to test the user for security equivalence.

Return Values

Returns one of the following integer values defined in ascauth.h:

AS_OK

User has security equivalence to the specified object

AS_NO

User does not have security equivalence to the object

AS_NOUSER

User inactive or not found in the Census

AS_BADCLIENT

Local host not authorized to query the Core Driver

AS_NOAGENT

No Core Driver could be contacted

AS_NOAUTHENV

No environment has been established

AS_INVALIDREQ

Call rejected by the Core Driver as not valid or not supported

AS_INVALIDARGS

Invalid arguments supplied to the function

AS_INVALIDOBJ

Specified object does not exist

AS_KEYEXPIRED

Old key rejected by the Core Driver because the expiration date has passed

Example

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ascauth.h>

main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  ASCENV *asce;
  char *user, *object;
  int rc;

  if (argc != 3) {
    fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <user> <object>\n", argv[0]);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }
  user   = argv[1];
  object = argv[2];

/* initialize the authentication environment */
  asce = ASC_INIT(NULL);
  if (asce == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Error: cannot initialize authentication environment\n");
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  /* check for security equivalence */
  rc = ASC_SECEQUAL(asce, user, object);
  if (rc == AS_OK)
    printf("User has security equivalence\n");
  else
    printf("RC=%d, %s", rc, ASC_STRERROR(rc));
   
  /* now terminate the authentication environment */
  ASC_TERM(asce);
  return 0;
}

See Also

ASC_INIT

ASC_INIT_EXT

ASC_TERM

ASC_STRERROR