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sasl_checkpass(3)                                   SASL man pages                                  sasl_checkpass(3)



NAME
       sasl_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);


DESCRIPTION
       sasl_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_call‐
       backs(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 authen‐
       tication session should be quit.  See sasl_errors(3) for meanings of return codes.


CONFORMING TO
       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_setpass(3)



SASL                                                 10 July 2001                                   sasl_checkpass(3)