def create_token(self, creds):
        '''
        Create token with creds.
        Token authorizes salt access if successful authentication
        with the credentials in creds.
        creds format is as follows:

        {
            'username': 'namestring',
            'password': 'passwordstring',
            'eauth': 'eauthtypestring',
        }

        examples of valid eauth type strings: 'pam' or 'ldap'

        Returns dictionary of token information with the following format:

        {
            'token': 'tokenstring',
            'start': starttimeinfractionalseconds,
            'expire': expiretimeinfractionalseconds,
            'name': 'usernamestring',
            'user': 'usernamestring',
            'username': 'usernamestring',
            'eauth': 'eauthtypestring',
            'perms: permslistofstrings,
        }
        The perms list provides those parts of salt for which the user is authorised
        to execute.
        example perms list:
        [
            "grains.*",
            "status.*",
            "sys.*",
            "test.*"
        ]

        '''
        try:
            tokenage = self.resolver.mk_token(creds)
        except Exception as ex:
            raise EauthAuthenticationError(
                "Authentication failed with {0}.".format(repr(ex)))

        if 'token' not in tokenage:
            raise EauthAuthenticationError("Authentication failed with provided credentials.")

        # Grab eauth config for the current backend for the current user
        tokenage_eauth = self.opts['external_auth'][tokenage['eauth']]
        if tokenage['name'] in tokenage_eauth:
            tokenage['perms'] = tokenage_eauth[tokenage['name']]
        else:
            tokenage['perms'] = tokenage_eauth['*']

        tokenage['user'] = tokenage['name']
        tokenage['username'] = tokenage['name']

        return tokenage