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+/*
+// Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+*/
+#pragma once
+#include <host-ipmid/ipmid-api.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace ipmi
+{
+/** @brief The ipmi get user password layer call
+ *
+ *  @param[in] userName
+ *
+ *  @return password or empty string
+ */
+std::string ipmiUserGetPassword(const std::string& userName);
+
+// TODO: Define required user layer API Call's which user layer shared library
+// must implement.
+} // namespace ipmi