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AuthScheme Method—Sets or Retrieves an Authentication Scheme

The AuthScheme method sets or retrieves the authentication scheme for an administrator stored in an external directory.

Syntax

The AuthScheme method has the following format:

Netegrity::PolicyMgtAdmin‑>AuthScheme( [authScheme] )

Parameters

The AuthScheme method accepts the following parameter:

authScheme (PolicyMgtAuthScheme)

(Optional) Specifies the authentication scheme to set.

Return Value

The AuthScheme method returns one of the following values:

• A PolicyMgtAuthScheme object
• undef if no authentication scheme exists, or if the call was unsuccessful