Authenticate Method

Authenticates the user.

Syntax

• C++
• Objective-C
• C

ANSI (Cross Platform)
int Authenticate();

Unicode (Windows)
INT Authenticate();

- (void)authenticate;

#define MID_RADIUS_AUTHENTICATE 2

IPWORKSAUTH_EXTERNAL int IPWORKSAUTH_CALL IPWorksAuth_RADIUS_Do(void *lpObj, int methid, int cparam, void *param[], int cbparam[], int64 *lpllVal);

Remarks

This method authenticates the user with the RADIUS server.

If authentication is successful this method returns without error. If authentication fails this method will throw an exception.

This following properties are applicable when calling this method:

• User (required)
• Password (required)
• SharedSecret (required)
• RemoteHost (required)
• RemotePort
• Timeout

Error Handling (C++)

This method returns a result code; 0 indicates success, while a non-zero error code indicates that this method encountered an error during its execution. If an error occurs, the GetLastError() method can be called to retrieve the associated error message. (Note: This method's result code can also be obtained by calling the GetLastErrorCode() method after it returns.)