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Load an Authentication Scheme

The authentication scheme library is loaded by both the authentication server and the authorization server. Both servers use the scheme to retrieve the required credentials.

Immediately after the scheme is loaded, the following operations occur:

1. The SmAuthQuery() function is called to get the Authentication API version number and description.
2. After SmAuthQuery() is called, SmAuthInit() is called by the authentication server. The SmAuthInit() function is not called by the authorization server.