sasl_server_SimpleSAuthentication Security Layer Librarsasl_server_step(3SASL)NAMEsasl_server_step - perform a step in the server authentication negotia‐
tion
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lsasl [ library ... ]
#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_server_step(sasl_conn_t *conn, const char *clientin,
unsigned clientinlen, const char **serverout,
unsigned *serveroutlen);
DESCRIPTION
The sasl_server_step() performs a step in the authentication negotia‐
tion.
PARAMETERS
conn The SASL context for this connection.
clientin The data given by the client. The data is decoded if
the protocol encodes requests that are sent over the
wire.
clientinlen The length of clientin.
serverout Set by the library and sent to the client.
serveroutlen
RETURN VALUESsasl_server_step() returns an integer that corresponds to a SASL error
code.
ERRORS
SASL_OK The whole authentication completed successfully.
SASL_CONTINUE The call to sasl_server_step() was successful, and at
least one more step is needed for the authentication.
All other error codes indicate an error situation that you must handle,
or you should quit the authentication session. See sasl_errors(3SASL)
for information on SASL error codes.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │system/library/security/libsasl │
├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Committed │
├─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOsasl_errors(3SASL), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 14 Oct 2003 sasl_server_step(3SASL)
