Method Authenticate

server/auth/auth.go:254–254

Authenticate: given a user-provided authentication secret (such as "login:password"), either return user's record (ID, time when the secret expires, etc), or issue a challenge to continue the authentication process to the next step, or return an error code. The remoteAddr (i.e. the IP address of the

(secret []byte, remoteAddr string)

	// store.Users.GetAuthRecord("scheme", "unique")
	// Returns: user auth record, challenge, error.
	Authenticate(secret []byte, remoteAddr string) (*Rec, []byte, error)

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