sasl_checkpass(10 July 2001) sasl_checkpass(10 July 2001)
NAMEsasl_checkpass - Check a plaintext password
SYNOPSIS
#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_checkpass(sasl_conn_t *conn,
const char *user,
unsigned userlen,
const char *pass,
unsigned passlen);
DESCRIPTIONsasl_checkpass() will check a plaintext password. This is
needed for protocols that had a login method before SASL
(for example the LOGIN command in IMAP). The password is
checked with the pwcheck_method See sasl_callbacks(3) for
information on how this parameter is set.
RETURN VALUEsasl_checkpass returns an integer which corresponds to one
of the following codes. SASL_OK indicates that the authen-
tication is complete. All other return codes indicate
errors and should either be handled or the authentication
session should be quit. See sasl_errors(3) for meanings
of return codes.
CONFORMING TO
RFC 2222
SEE ALSOsasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_set-
pass(3)SASL man pages SASL sasl_checkpass(10 July 2001)
