These are the meanings of the various parameters returned by webauth_check
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ucinetid | The UCInetID that had it’s password verified. Although easier to remember, this is less ideal to grant access to than the CampusID. |
| campus_id | The Campus ID of the user. This is a persistent, unique ID for an individual that will not be re-used. This is a better ID to give access to because it does not get changed or re-used like UCInetIDs do. |
| auth_host | The IP address of the client where the password was authorized. This should match the IP address of the client talking to your server. |
| max_idle_time | The largest number of seconds between webauth_checks for this session. This can possibly help you determine how active a session is. |
| age_in_seconds | The number of seconds that have passed since the password was authenticated. |
| uci_affiliations | A (possible) list of affiliations that a user has with UCI. These can include:
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| error_code | If there was an authorization failure, a short error code will be printed here. |
| auth_fail | If there was an authorization failure, an error message will be printed here. |
The following are still returned by webauth_check but are less useful than the fields above:
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| time_created | Unix epoch time the password was authenticated. |
| last_checked | Unix epoch time the session was last checked by any host. |
| seconds_since_checked | The number of seconds since the session was last checked by any host. |
Error codes and messages returned with webauth_check
| Error Code | Error Message | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| WEBAUTH_DOWN | The WebAuth Server is currently down. A backup should be up shortly. We are sorry for this inconvenience. Please try again later or contact theOIT Help Desk for assistance. | Something internal to the application is not working and it can not return authentication information. Chances are that users can not log in, either. |
| NO_AUTH_KEY | No ucinetid_auth was provided. | The application could not read the ucinetid_auth key; either it was not provided or there was an error in the communication. |
| NOT_FOUND | ____ not in database | The provided ucinetid_auth value was not found in the database. |
| NO_AFFILIATION | This ucinetid_auth is valid. However you do not have access to see the user information. | Some users are not visible to all servers. This is usually based on affiliation. Affiliations such as “former_student” need to have authorization before access is granted to see those users. |