VAUTHENTICATE(1)

NAME
vauthenticate - Authenticate a virtual user

SYNOPSIS
vauthenticate

DESCRIPTION
vauthenticate reads a domain name, user name, and pass phrase from standard input, and authenticates the virtual user. If authentication is successful, it prints out information about the virtual user on stdout

The domain name, user name, and pass phrase are passed to vauthenticate on standard input each seperated by a NUL byte.

The output consists of a series of lines containing an identifier, an equal sign, and the data for that identifier, terminated by a newline. The identifiers are: The base user's numerical user ID. The base user's numerical group ID. The base user's name. The base user's home directory. The virtual user's mailbox directory, relative to HOME. The virtual user's name.

OPTIONS
None

RETURN VALUE
Returns 0 if authentication succeeds, and non-zero otherwise.

SEE ALSO
vmailmgr(7)

CAVEATS
Although the output from vauthenticate appears to be suitable for using as shell input, care must be taken to escape characters that would cause the shell to misbehave, such as semicolons.

RESTRICTIONS
This program will not authenticate non-virtual users.

AUTHOR
Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca>