sasl_getprop(3)

sasl_getprop3

Cyrus sasl documentation

Usage

#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_getprop(sasl_conn_t *conn,
                int propnum,
                const void ** pvalue);

Overview

int sasl_getprop(sasl_conn_t *conn,
int propnum,
const void ** pvalue);

sasl_getprop gets the value of a SASL property. For example after successful authentication a server may wish to know the authorization name. Or a client application may wish to know the strength of the negotiated security layer.

Parameters
•

conn – is the SASL connection context

•

propnum – is the identifier for the property requested

•

pvalue –

is filled on success. List of properties:

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SASL_USERNAME ‐ pointer to NUL terminated user name

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SASL_SSF ‐ security layer security strength factor,

if 0, call to sasl_encode(3), sasl_decode(3) unnecessary

•

SASL_MAXOUTBUF ‐ security layer max output buf unsigned

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SASL_DEFUSERREALM ‐ server authentication realm used

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SASL_GETOPTCTX ‐ context for getopt callback

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SASL_IPLOCALPORT ‐ local address string

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SASL_IPREMOTEPORT ‐ remote address string

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SASL_SERVICE ‐ service passed to sasl_*_new

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SASL_SERVERFQDN ‐ serverFQDN passed to sasl_*_new

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SASL_AUTHSOURCE ‐ name of auth source last used, useful for failed

authentication tracking

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SASL_MECHNAME ‐ active mechanism name, if any

•

SASL_PLUGERR ‐ similar to sasl_errdetail

Return value

SASL callback functions should return SASL return codes. See sasl.h for a complete list. SASL_OK indicates success.

Other return codes indicate errors and should be handled.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–6.0
  3. 7–9
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13

Author

The Cyrus Team

From libsasl2-dev 2.1.28+dfsg1-9 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.