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sec_rgy_acct_passwd(3sec)

Changes the password for an account

Synopsis

#include <dce/acct.h>

void sec_rgy_acct_passwd(
sec_rgy_handle_t context,
sec_rgy_login_name_t *login_name,
sec_passwd_rec_t *caller_key,
sec_passwd_rec_t *new_key,
sec_passwd_type_t new_keytype,
sec_passwd_version_t *new_key_version,
error_status_t *status);

Parameters

Input

context
An opaque handle bound to a registry server. Use sec_rgy_site_open( ) to acquire a bound handle.

login_name
A pointer to the account login name. A login name is composed of three character strings, containing the principal, group, and organization (PGO) names corresponding to the account. All three strings must be completely specified.

caller_key
The key to use to encrypt the key for transmission to the registry server.

new_key
The password for the new account. During transmission to the registry server, it is encrypted with caller_key.

new_keytype
The type of the new key. The server uses this parameter to decide how to encode new_key if it is sent as plaintext.

Output

new_key_version
The key version number returned by the server. If the client requests a particular key version number (via the version_number field of the new_key input parameter), the server returns the requested version number back to the client.

status
A pointer to the completion status. On successful completion, the routine returns error_status_ok. Otherwise, it returns an error.

Description
The sec_rgy_acct_passwd( ) routine changes an account password to the input password character string. Wildcards (blank fields) are not permitted in the specified account name; the principal, group, and organization names of the account must be completely specified.

Permissions Required
The sec_rgy_acct_passwd( ) routine requires the u (user_info) permission on the account principal whose password is to be changed.

Files

/usr/include/dce/acct.idl
The idl file from which dce/acct.h was derived.

Errors

The following describes a partial list of errors that might be returned. Refer to the OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide for complete descriptions of all error messages.

sec_rgy_not_authorized
The client program is not authorized to change the password of this account.

sec_rgy_object_not_found
The account to be modified was not found by the registry server.

sec_rgy_server_unavailable
The DCE Registry Server is unavailable.

error_status_ok
The call was successful.

Related Information
Functions: sec_intro(3sec)