X Window System routines: X authorization routines

The MIT X Authorization routines are included in SEZAX11L. These routines are used to deal with X authorization data in X clients.

Table 1 lists the X authorization routines and provides a short description of each routine.

Table 1. Authorization routines
Routine	Description
XauFileName()	Generates the default authorization file name.
XauReadAuth()	Reads the next entry from the authfile.
XuWriteAuth()	Writes an authorization entry to the authfile.
XauGetAuthByAddr()	Searches for an authorization entry.
XauLockAuth()	Does the work necessary to synchronously update an authorization file.
XauUnlockAuth()	Undoes the work of XauLockAuth.
XauDisposeAuth()	Frees storage allocated to hold an authorization entry.