sasl_checkpass3
Cyrus sasl documentation
Usage
#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_checkpass(sasl_conn_t *conn,
const char *user,
unsigned userlen,
const char *pass,
unsigned passlen);
Overview
- int sasl_checkpass(sasl_conn_t *conn,
- const char *user,
- unsigned userlen,
- const char *pass,
- unsigned passlen)
-
sasl_checkpasswill 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 value
sasl_checkpass returns an integer which corresponds to one of the following codes. 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. See sasl_errors(3) for meanings of return codes.
Releases
12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 6 times.