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 NAME

   dced_binding_set_auth_info - Sets authentication and authorization
                                information for a dced binding handle

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <dce/dced.h>

   void dced_binding_set_auth_info(
           dced_binding_handle_t       dced_bh,
           unsigned32                  protect_level,
           unsigned32                  authn_service,
           rpc_auth_identity_handle_t  authn_identity,
           unsigned32                  authz_service,
           error_status_t              *status );

 PARAMETERS

   Input

   dced_bh
       Specifies the dced binding handle for which to set the
       authentication and authorization information.

   protect_level
       Specifies the protection level for dced API calls that will
       use the dced binding handle dced_bh.

   authn_service
       Specifies the authentication service to use for dced API calls
       that will use the dced binding handle dced_bh.

   authn_identity
       Specifies a handle for the data structure that contains the
       calling application's authentication and authorization
       credentials appropriate for the selected authn_service and
       authz_service services.  Specify NULL to use the default
       security login context for the current address space.

   authz_service
       Specifies the authorization service to be implemented by dced
       for the host service accessed.

   Output

   status
       Returns the status code from this routine.  This status code
       indicates whether the routine completed successfully or, if not,
       why not.  The possible status codes are:

            error_status_ok
            dced_s_bad_binding
            dced_s_no_support
            ept_s_not_registered
            rpc_s_authn_authz_mismatch
            rpc_s_binding_incomplete
            rpc_s_comm_failure
            rpc_s_invalid_binding
            rpc_s_mgmt_op_disallowed
            rpc_s_rpcd_comm_failure
            rpc_s_unknown_authn_service
            rpc_s_unsupported_protect_level
            rpc_s_wrong_kind_of_binding

 DESCRIPTION

   The dced_binding_set_auth_info() routine sets up the dced binding
   handle so it can be used for authenticated calls that include
   authorization information. The rpc_binding_set_auth_info routine
   performs in the same way as this one.  See it for details of the
   parameters and values.  Prior to calling this routine, the
   application must have established a valid dced binding handle by
   calling either the dced_binding_create() or
   dced_binding_from_rpc_binding() routine.

 EXAMPLES

   This example establishes a dced binding to a host's key table
   service, and then it calls dced_binding_set_auth_info() so that
   the application is authorized to access remote key tables by using
   additional calls to the key table service.

         dced_binding_handle_t   dced_bh;
         error_status_t          status;

         dced_binding_create( (dced_string_t)"keytab@hosts/patrick",
                              dced_c_binding_syntax_default,
                              &dced_bh,
                              &status );
        dced_binding_set_auth_info( dced_bh,
                                    rpc_c_protect_level_default,
                                    rpc_c_authn_pkt_privacy,
                                    NULL,
                                    rpc_c_authz_dce,
                                    &status );
         .
         . /* Other routines including dced API routines. */
         .

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Routines   rpc_binding_set_auth_info
              dced_binding_create
              dced_binding_from_rpc_binding

   Books: OSF DCE Application Development Guide.