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- <P>X11::Auth - Perl module to read X11 authority files</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="supportedplatforms">SUPPORTED PLATFORMS</A></H1>
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- <LI>Linux</LI>
- <LI>Solaris</LI>
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- <H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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- require X11::Auth;
- $a = new X11::Auth;
- ($auth_type, $auth_data) = $a->get_by_host($host, $disp_num);</PRE>
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- <H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
- <P>This module is an approximate perl replacement for the libXau C library
- and the <CODE>xauth(1)</CODE> program. It reads and interprets the files (usually
- '~/.Xauthority') that hold authorization data used in connecting to
- X servers. Since it was written mainly for the use of X11::Protocol,
- its functionality is currently restricted to reading, not writing, of
- these files.</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="methods">METHODS</A></H1>
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- <H2><A NAME="new">new</A></H2>
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- $auth = X11::Auth->new;
- $auth = X11::Auth->open($filename);</PRE>
- <P>Open an authority file, and create an object to handle it. The filename
- will be taken from the XAUTHORITY environment variable, if present, or
- '.Xauthority' in the user's home directory, or it may be overridden by
- an argument. 'open' may be used as a synonym.</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="get_one">get_one</A></H2>
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- ($family, $host_addr, $display_num, $auth_name, $auth_data)
- = $auth->get_one;</PRE>
- <P>Read one entry from the file. Returns a null list at end of file.
- $family is usually 'Internet' or 'Local', and $display_num can
- be any string.</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="get_all">get_all</A></H2>
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- @auth_data = $auth->get_all;</PRE>
- <P>Read all of the entries in the file. Each member of the array returned
- is an array ref similar to the list returned by get_one().</P>
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- <H2><A NAME="get_by_host">get_by_host</A></H2>
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- ($auth_name, $auth_data)
- = $auth->get_by_host($host, $family, $display_num);</PRE>
- <P>Get authentication data for a connection of type $family to display
- $display_num on $host. If $family is 'Internet', the host will be
- translated into an appropriate address by gethostbyname().</P>
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- <H1><A NAME="compatibility">COMPATIBILITY</A></H1>
- <P>The following table shows the (rough) correspondence between libXau
- calls and X11::Auth methods:</P>
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- libXau X11::Auth
- ------ ---------
- XauFileName $ENV{XAUTHORITY}
- || "$ENV{HOME}/.Xauthority"
- fopen(XauFileName(), "rb") $auth = new X11::Auth
- XauReadAuth $auth->get_one
- XauWriteAuth
- XauGetAuthByAddr $auth->get_by_host
- XauGetBestAuthByAddr
- XauLockAuth
- XauUnlockAuth
- XauDisposeAuth</PRE>
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- <H1><A NAME="author">AUTHOR</A></H1>
- <P>Stephen McCamant <<A HREF="mailto:alias@mcs.com">alias@mcs.com</A>></P>
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- <H1><A NAME="see also">SEE ALSO</A></H1>
- <P><EM>perl(1)</EM>, <A HREF="../../../site/lib/X11/Protocol.html">the X11::Protocol manpage</A>, <EM>Xau(3)</EM>, <EM>xauth(1)</EM>,
- lib/Xau/README in the X11 source distribution.</P>
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