IWMSInternalAdminNetSource::GetCredentials method (wmsinternaladminnetsource.h)

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The GetCredentials method retrieves a cached password.

This method has been superseded by IWMSInternalAdminNetSource3::GetCredentialsEx2. The methods of IWMSInternalAdminNetSource3 are much more secure than the password caching methods in IWMSInternalAdminNetSource and should be used if available.

Syntax

HRESULT GetCredentials(
  [in]  BSTR bstrRealm,
  [out] BSTR *pbstrName,
  [out] BSTR *pbstrPassword,
  [out] BOOL *pfConfirmedGood
);

Parameters

[in] bstrRealm

String containing the realm name. Realm names are supplied by servers to distinguish different levels of access to their files. Not all servers have realm names, in which case the DNS name is used.

[out] pbstrName

Pointer to a string containing the user name.

[out] pbstrPassword

Pointer to a string containing the password.

[out] pfConfirmedGood

Pointer to a Boolean value that is set to True if the password was cached after it was confirmed as correct by the server.

Return value

If the method succeeds, it returns S_OK. If it fails, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Requirements

See also

IWMSInternalAdminNetSource Interface

IWMSInternalAdminNetSource::GetCredentialFlags

IWMSInternalAdminNetSource::SetCredentials