LSF Version 7.3 - Platform LSF Configuration Reference

Figure 8: How eauth works
One eauth -s process can handle multiple authentication requests. If eauth -s terminates, the LSF daemon invokes
another instance of eauth -s to handle new authentication requests.
The standard input stream to eauth -s is a text string with the following format:
uid gid user_name client_addr client_port user_auth_data_len eauth_client eauth_server
aux_data_file aux_data_status user_auth_data
where
The variable …
Represents the …
uid
User ID of the client user
gid
Group ID of the client user
user_name
User name of the client user
client_addr
IP address of the client host
client_port
Port number from which the client request originates
user_auth_data_len
Length of the external authentication data passed from the client host
eauth_client
Daemon or user that invokes eauth -c
eauth_server
Daemon that invokes eauth -s
Feature: External authentication
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