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Ns_AuthorizeRequest

Overview

Check access of a method and URL

Syntax

    int Ns_AuthorizeRequest(
    char *hServer,
    char *method,
    char *URL,
    char *authuser,
    char *authpasswd,
    char *ipaddr
    );

Description

The Ns_AuthorizeRequest function is used to call the function registered by Ns_SetRequestAuthorizeProc to authorize a user's access to the given method and URL. Possible return values are:

NS_OK

The user's access is authorized.

NS_UNAUTHORIZED

Access is not public for this method or URL and either the user and password were not verified or the user does not have permission.

NS_FORBIDDEN

There is no possible user/password combination that would give authorization.

NS_ERROR

The authentication function could not perform the permission check.

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