AUTHSRV(3)

NAME
authdial, passtokey, nvcsum, readnvram, convT2M, convM2T, convTR2M, convM2TR, convA2M, convM2A, convPR2M, convM2PR, _asgetticket, _asrdresp - routines for communicating with authentication servers

SYNOPSIS

#include <u.h>
#include <libc.h>
#include <authsrv.h>

int    authdial(char *netroot, char *ad);

int    passtokey(char key[DESKEYLEN], char *password)

uchar    nvcsum(void *mem, int len)

int    readnvram(Nvrsafe *nv, int flag);
int    convT2M(Ticket *t, char *msg, char *key)

void    convM2T(char *msg, Ticket *t, char *key)

int    convA2M(Authenticator *a, char *msg, char *key)

void    convM2A(char *msg, Authenticator *a, char *key)

int    convTR2M(Ticketreq *tr, char *msg)

void    convM2TR(char *msg, Ticketreq *tr)

int    convPR2M(Passwordreq *pr, char *msg, char *key)

void    convM2PR(char *msg, Passwordreq *pr, char *key)

int    _asgetticket(int fd, char *trbuf, char *tbuf);

int    _asrdresp(int fd, char *buf, int len);

DESCRIPTION

Authdial dials an authentication server over the network rooted at net, default /net. The authentication domain, ad, specifies which server to call. If ad is non-nil, the network database (see ndb((1))) is queried for an entry which contains authdom=ad or dom=ad, the former having precedence, and which also contains an auth attribute. The string dialed is then netroot!server!ticket where server is the value of the auth attribute. If no entry is found, the error string is set to ``no authentication server found'' and -1 is returned. If authdom is nil, the string netroot!$auth!ticket is used to make the call.

Passtokey converts password into a DES key and stores the result in key. It returns 0 if password could not be converted, and 1 otherwise.

Readnvram reads authentication information into the structure:
    	struct Nvrsafe
    	{
    		char	machkey[DESKEYLEN];
    		uchar	machsum;
    		char	authkey[DESKEYLEN];
    		uchar	authsum;
    		char	config[CONFIGLEN];
    		uchar	configsum;
    		char	authid[ANAMELEN];
    		uchar	authidsum;
    		char	authdom[DOMLEN];
    		uchar	authdomsum;
    	};

On Sparc, MIPS, and SGI machines this information is in non-volatile ram, accessible in the file #r/nvram. On x86s and Alphas readnvram successively opens the following areas stopping with the first to succeed:

- the partition named by the $nvram environment variable
- the partition #S/sdC0/nvram
- a file called plan9.nvr in the partition #S/sdC0/9fat
- the partition #S/sd00/nvram
- a file called plan9.nvr in the partition #S/sd00/9fat
- a file called plan9.nvr on a DOS floppy in drive 0
- a file called plan9.nvr on a DOS floppy in drive 1

The nvcsums of the fields machkey, authid, and authdom must match their respective checksum or that field is zeroed. If flag is NVwrite or at least one checksum fails and flag is NVwriteonerr, readnvram will prompt for new values on #c/cons and then write them back to the storage area.

ConvT2M, convA2M, convTR2M, and convPR2M convert tickets, authenticators, ticket requests, and password change request structures into transmittable messages. ConvM2T, convM2A, convM2TR, and convM2PR are used to convert them back. Key is used for encrypting the message before transmission and decrypting after reception.

The routine _asgetresp receives either a character array or an error string. On error, it sets errstr and returns -1. If successful, it returns the number of bytes received.

The routine _asgetticket sends a ticket request message and then uses _asgetresp to recieve an answer.

SOURCE
/src/libauthsrv

SEE ALSO
passwd((1)), dial((3)), Plan 9's authsrv(6).

DIAGNOSTICS
These routines set errstr. Integer-valued functions return -1 on error.