VGSecurityRuntime.Authenticate Method (String, String, VGAuthenticationMode)

Authenticates a user by using the specified authentication mode.

public VGAuthenticationState Authenticate(
   String name,
   String password,
   VGAuthenticationMode mode
);

name: the name of the user.
password: the password of the given user.
mode: A VGAuthenticationMode indicating the mode of authentication used to authenticate the user

A VGAuthenticationState indicating if the authentication succeeds or not.

For more information about this method, you can see Authenticate.

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentException	The value of mode is equal to None or is a combination of several modes. - or- the name is an empty string or is longer than 64 characters. - or- the password is longer than 64 characters.
ArgumentNullException	The name or the password is `null (Nothing in VB)` and the mode is not Windows.
NotSupportedException	the repository does not support the specified authentication mode.
VGConfigurationException	The configuration file is not valid or A problem occurs during the connection to the repository. or The version of the repository or the version of the permissions is not supported by the application.