auth
Erlang Network Authentication Server
This module is deprecated. For a description of the Magic Cookie system, refer to Distributed Erlang in the Erlang Reference Manual.
Functions
is_auth(Node) -> yes | no
Returns yes
if communication with
is
authorized. Note that a connection to
will
be established in this case. Returns no
if
does not exist or communication is not authorized (it has
another cookie than auth
thinks it has).
Use net_adm:ping(
cookie() -> Cookie
Use erlang:get_cookie() instead.
cookie(TheCookie) -> true
TheCookie =
The cookie may also be given as a list with a single atom element.
Use
erlang:set_cookie(node(),
node_cookie([Node, Cookie]) -> yes | no
Node = node()
Cookie = cookie()
Equivalent to node_cookie(Node, Cookie).
node_cookie(Node, Cookie) -> yes | no
Sets the magic cookie of
to
, and
verifies the status of the authorization.
Equivalent to calling
erlang:set_cookie(