IWMSInternalAdminNetSource2::SetCredentialsEx method (wmsinternaladminnetsource.h)

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The SetCredentialsEx method adds a password to the cache. This improved version of IWMSInternalAdminNetSource::SetCredentials uses the combination of realm, URL, and proxy use to identify the credentials. This is an improvement over using the realm by itself, which can easily be spoofed by malicious code.

This method has been superseded by IWMSInternalAdminNetSource3::SetCredentialsEx2.

Syntax

HRESULT SetCredentialsEx(
  [in] BSTR bstrRealm,
  [in] BSTR bstrUrl,
  [in] BOOL fProxy,
  [in] BSTR bstrName,
  [in] BSTR bstrPassword,
  [in] BOOL fPersist,
  [in] BOOL fConfirmedGood
);

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 should be used.

If fProxy is False, this realm refers to the host server. If fProxy is True, this realm refers to the proxy server.

[in] bstrUrl

String containing the URL to which the credentials apply.

[in] fProxy

Boolean value that is True if the password applies when using a proxy server to access the site specified by bstrUrl.

[in] bstrName

String containing the user name.

[in] bstrPassword

String containing the password.

[in] fPersist

Boolean value that is True if these credentials should be permanently saved. If you set this to False, the credentials will only be persisted for the current session.

[in] fConfirmedGood

Boolean value that is True if the server has confirmed the password as correct. You can cache the password before receiving verification from the server, in which case you should set this to False.

Return value

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

Requirements

See also

IWMSInternalAdminNetSource2 Interface

IWMSInternalAdminNetSource2::GetCredentialsEx