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PEP#: 286
TITLE: Privilege Separation

DESCRIPTION: Ongoing privilege separation work.

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#ifndef Pegasus_LocalAuthFile_h
#define Pegasus_LocalAuthFile_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>
#include <Pegasus/Common/String.h>

#include <Pegasus/Security/Authentication/Linkage.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN


/** This class provides the required functions to create, write and delete to a 
    file on the file system.
*/

class PEGASUS_SECURITY_LINKAGE LocalAuthFile
{
public:

    /** Constructor. */
    LocalAuthFile(const String& userName);

      
    /** Destructor. */
    ~LocalAuthFile();

    /** Creates a file and writes random token in to it.
        @return a string containing the full path name of the file created if 
        the file creation was successfull, null otherwise. 
    */
    String create();
    
    /** Removes the file created.
        @return   true on successful removal of the file, false otherwise.
    */
    Boolean remove();

    /** Get the string that was created as a challenge string
    */
    String getChallengeString();

private:


    String  _generateRandomTokenString();

    String  _userName;

    String  _filePathName;

    String  _authFilePath;

    String  _challenge;
};

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_LocalAuthFile_h */