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```Two free functions exist for creating encoded authentication files.
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irods.client_init.write_native_credentials_to_secrets_file
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irods.client_init.write_pam_credentials_to_secrets_file
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irods.client_init.write_native_credentials_to_secrets_file
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irods.client_init.write_pam_credentials_to_secrets_file
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Each takes a cleartext password and creates an appropriately encoded version of it
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as an .irodsA file in the login environment, if none is pre-existing.
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Each takes a cleartext password and writes an appropriately processed version of it
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to an .irodsA (secrets) file in the login environment.
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Note, in the `pam_password` case, this involves sending the cleartext password
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to the server (so SSL should be enabled!) and then writing the scrambled token that
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returns from the transaction.
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If an .irodsA file exists already, it will be overwritten.
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PAM logins
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