<div class="content"><p align="right"><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5a666b2c-cd21-4615-819b-6dbfe7a2b13f" data-linktype="external">msdn link</a></p><p>The SAM_VALIDATE_AUTHENTICATION_INPUT_ARG structure holds
information about an authentication request.</p><dl>
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<div><pre> typedef struct _SAM_VALIDATE_AUTHENTICATION_INPUT_ARG {
   SAM_VALIDATE_PERSISTED_FIELDS InputPersistedFields;
   unsigned char PasswordMatched;
 } SAM_VALIDATE_AUTHENTICATION_INPUT_ARG,
  *PSAM_VALIDATE_AUTHENTICATION_INPUT_ARG;
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</dd></dl><p><b>InputPersistedFields:</b>  Password
state.</p><p><b>PasswordMatched:</b>  A nonzero value
indicates that a valid password was presented to the change-password request.</p></div>