sasl_server_step(10 July 2001) sasl_server_step(10 July 2001)
NAMEsasl_server_step - Perform a step in the authentication
negotiation
SYNOPSIS
#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_server_step(sasl_conn_t *conn,
const char *clientin,
unsigned clientinlen,
const char ** serverout,
unsigned * serveroutlen);
DESCRIPTIONsasl_server_step() performs a step in the authentication
negotiation. It returns SASL_OK if the whole negotiation
is sucessful and SASL_CONTINUE if this step is ok but at
least one more step is needed.
conn is the SASL connection context
clientin is the data given by the client (decoded if the
protocol encodes requests sent over the wire) clientinlen
is the length of clientin
serverout and serveroutlen are set by the library and
should be sent to the client.
RETURN VALUEsasl_server_step returns an integer which corresponds to
one of the SASL error codes. SASL_CONTINUE indicates
sucess and that there are more steps needed in the authen-
tication. SASL_OK indicates that the authentication is
complete. All other return codes indicate errors and
should either be handled or the authentication session
should be quit.
CONFORMING TO
RFC 2222
SEE ALSOsasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_server_init(3),
sasl_server_new(3), sasl_server_start(3)SASL man pages SASLsasl_server_step(10 July 2001)
