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| 18 | .TH AL_IS_LOCAL_ACCT 3 "5 May 1998" |
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| 19 | .SH NAME |
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| 20 | al_is_local_acct \- Determine if an account is local |
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| 21 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 22 | .nf |
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| 23 | .B #include <al.h> |
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| 24 | .PP |
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| 25 | .B int al_is_local_acct(const char *\fIusername\fP) |
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| 26 | .PP |
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| 27 | .B cc file.c -lal -lhesiod |
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| 28 | .fi |
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| 29 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 30 | This function determines if |
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| 31 | .I username |
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| 32 | has a local account according to the Athena access control file |
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| 33 | .I /etc/athena/access |
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| 34 | (see access(5)). If the access file does not exist, it is assumed |
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| 35 | that |
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| 36 | .I username |
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| 37 | does not have a local account. |
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| 38 | .SH RETURN VALUES |
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| 39 | .I al_is_local_acct |
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| 40 | returns 1 if |
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| 41 | .I username |
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| 42 | has a local account, 0 if not, and -1 if there was a memory allocation |
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| 43 | error or permissions error reading the access file. |
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| 44 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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| 45 | al_login_allowed(3), al_get_access(3) |
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| 46 | .SH AUTHOR |
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| 47 | Greg Hudson, MIT Information Systems |
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| 48 | .br |
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| 49 | Copyright 1998 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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