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Re: User level permissions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr A V Le Blanc)
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From: Dr A V Le Blanc <LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: User level permissions
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906281258390.30322-100000@shaft.engin.umich.edu>; from Chris Wing on Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 01:14:14PM -0400
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On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 01:14:14PM -0400, Chris Wing wrote:
> I agree that emulating every minor detail is a waste of time. However,
> regarding the output of 'tokens', printing out the correct AFS ID is a
> useful feature in my opinion, and I think it should be implemented in
> Arla/KTH-KRB.
What I do in some of my programs (linked with Transarc libraries) is
this:
rc(pr_Initialize(0, AFSCONF_CLIENTNAME, client.cell),
"Unable to contact ptserver");
rc(pr_SNameToId(who, &id), "Can't get AFS id");
pr_End();
rc(id == ANONYMOUSID, "Got bad AFS id");
sprintf(client.name, "AFS ID %ld", id);
PR_NameToId() is already a function in the arla libptserver. As I
understand it, arla's equivalent of pr_Initialize is something like
connptdb = arlalib_getconnbyname(cell, host,
afsprport,
PR_SERVICE_ID,
arlalib_getauthflag (noauth, 0, 0, 0));
if (connptdb == NULL)
errx(1, "Could not connect to ptserver");
and instead of pr_End, you just need
arlalib_destroyconn(connptdb);
So that ought to give you 90% of the code...
-- Owen
LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
