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sasl_client_new(3)                                  SASL man pages                                 sasl_client_new(3)



NAME
       sasl_client_new - Create a new client authentication object



SYNOPSIS
       #include <sasl/sasl.h>

       int sasl_client_new(const char *service,
                       const char *serverFQDN,
                       const char *iplocalport,
                       const char *ipremoteport,
                       const sasl_callback_t *prompt_supp,
                       unsigned flags,
                       sasl_conn_t ** pconn);


DESCRIPTION
       sasl_client_new() creates a new SASL context. This context will be used for all SASL calls for one connection.
       It handles both authentication and integrity/encryption layers after authentication.

       service is the registered name of the service (usually the protocol name) using SASL (e.g. "imap").

       serverFQDN is the fully qualified domain name of the server (e.g. "serverhost.cmu.edu").

       iplocalport is the IP and port of the local side of the connection, or NULL.  If iplocalport is NULL  it  will
       disable mechanisms that require IP address information.  This strings must be in one of the following formats:
       "a.b.c.d;port" (IPv4), "e:f:g:h:i:j:k:l;port" (IPv6), or "e:f:g:h:i:j:a.b.c.d;port" (IPv6)

       ipremoteport is the IP and port of the remote side of the connection, or NULL (see iplocalport)

       prompt_supp is a list of client interactions supported that is unique to this connection. If this parameter is
       NULL  the  global  callbacks (specified in sasl_client_init) will be used. See sasl_callback for more informa‐
       tion.

       flags are connection flags (see below)

       pconn is the connection context allocated by the library. This structure will be  used  for  all  future  SASL
       calls for this connection.

       Connection Flags

       Flags that may be passed to sasl_server_new() include

       SASL_SUCCESS_DATA
               The protocol supports a server-last send

       SASL_NEED_PROXY
               Force the use of a mechanism that supports an authorization id that is not the authentication id.


RETURN VALUE
       sasl_client_new  returns  an  integer which corresponds to one of the following codes. SASL_OK is the only one
       that indicates success. All others indicate errors and should either be handled or the authentication  session
       should be quit.



CONFORMING TO
       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), sasl_client_init(3), sasl_client_start(3), sasl_client_step(3), sasl_setprop(3)



SASL                                                 21 June 2001                                  sasl_client_new(3)