AUTHENTICATION_INFO Structure

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The AUTHENTICATION_INFO data structure contains authentication information for the content source, such as user name and password.

Syntax

typedef struct _AUTHENTICATION_INFO{
  DWORD dwSize;
  AUTH_TYPE atAuthenticationType;
  LPCWSTR pcwszUser;
  LPCWSTR pcwszPassword;
} AUTHENTICATION_INFO

Members

The following table shows members of the AUTHENTICATION_INFO data structure and a brief description of each.

Name Type Description
dwSize DWORD Actual size of structure (bytes)
atAuthenticationType AUTH_TYPE Enumeration type
pcwszUser LPCWSTR Username, including domain
pcwszPassword LPCWSTR Password

Remarks

You set the values for the AUTHENTICATION_INFO data structure in SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration. This data structure uses the AUTH_TYPE enumeration.