OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

Introduction to Management Programming for
OSI/MHS
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Password Server Interfaces
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Password Server Interfaces
OSI/MHS has two password server programmatic interfaces: one for the MTA bind
process and one for the MS bind process. The MTA bind password server interface
supports the generation and validation of authentication parameters used during MTA
association establishment. The MS bind password server interface controls and
validates the passwords used when a user represented by an MS APPL object binds to
the MS.
MTA Bind Password Server Interface
The MTA bind programmatic interface is implemented between the message relay
process (MRP) in the MR group and a password server process that is external to the
OSI/MHS subsystem. You use the SUBSYS object to configure the name of the
password server process.
This interface uses the Compaq requester-server model. The MRP makes a request to
the password server process; the password server process sends a reply. Both the
request and the reply are stored in the SPI buffers.
MS Bind Password Server Interface
Both the MHS manager and MS processes use the MS bind programmatic interface to
communicate with a password server process that is external to the OSI/MHS
subsystem. You use the SUBSYS object to configure the name of the password server
process.
This interface uses the Compaq requester-server model. The MS or MHS manager
makes a request to the password server process; the password server process sends a
reply. Both the request and the reply are stored in the SPI buffers.
Master Password Server (MPS)
The Master Password Server (MPS) is an example of an application using the MS bind
password server interface. You can use it as provided or modify it to perform other
functions. The source files for the MPS are on the OSI/MHS product subvolume. You
use PATHCOM, a component of the Pathway transaction processing system, to run and
manage the MPS.
Section 7, Password Server Interfaces
, describes these password server interfaces and
the Master Password Server in more detail.