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KHTTPBASIC_VALIDATE(3)                      DragonFly Library Functions Manual

NAME
     khttpbasic_validate - validate an HTTP basic authorisation request

LIBRARY
     library "libkcgi"

SYNOPSIS
     #include <stdint.h>
     #include <kcgi.h>

     int
     khttpbasic_validate(struct kreq *req, const char *user,
         const char *password);

DESCRIPTION
     The khttpbasic_validate function validates the given user and password
     with the HTTP basic-authorised request req as returned by khttp_parse(3)
     or khttp_fcgi_parse(3).

RETURN VALUES
     khttpbasic_validate will return zero if validation failed, less than zero
     if the request was not properly set up for HTTP basic validation, or
     greater than zero if the validation succeeded.

SEE ALSO
     kcgi(3), khttp_fcgi_parse(3), khttp_parse(3), khttpdigest_validate

AUTHORS
     The khttpbasic_validate function was written by Kristaps Dzonsons
     <kristaps@bsd.lv>.

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT       January 7, 2016      DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT