1 /* auth.h -- generic header file for authentification routines
2 * for vlock, the VT locking program for linux
4 * This program is copyright (C) 2007 Frank Benkstein, and is free
5 * software which is freely distributable under the terms of the
6 * GNU General Public License version 2, included as the file COPYING in this
7 * distribution. It is NOT public domain software, and any
8 * redistribution not permitted by the GNU General Public License is
9 * expressly forbidden without prior written permission from
16 /* forward declaration */
19 /* Try to authenticate the user. When the user is successfully authenticated
20 * this function returns true. When the authentication fails for whatever
21 * reason the function returns false. The timeout is passed to the prompt
22 * functions below if they are called.
24 bool auth(const char *user
, struct timespec
*timeout
);