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sasl_server_step(3)                                 SASL man pages                                sasl_server_step(3)



NAME
       sasl_server_step - Perform a step in the authentication negotiation



SYNOPSIS
       #include <sasl/sasl.h>

       int sasl_server_step(sasl_conn_t *conn,
                           const char *clientin,
                           unsigned clientinlen,
                        const char ** serverout,
                           unsigned * serveroutlen);



DESCRIPTION
       sasl_server_step() performs a step in the authentication negotiation. It returns SASL_OK if the whole negotia‐
       tion is successful and SASL_CONTINUE if this step is ok but at least one more step is needed.


       conn is the SASL connection context

       clientin is the data given by the client (decoded if the protocol encodes requests sent over  the  wire)  cli‐
       entinlen is the length of clientin

       serverout and serveroutlen are set by the library and should be sent to the client.

RETURN VALUE
       sasl_server_step  returns an integer which corresponds to one of the SASL error codes. SASL_CONTINUE indicates
       success and that there are more steps needed in the authentication. 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.


CONFORMING TO
       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_server_init(3), sasl_server_new(3), sasl_server_start(3)



SASL                                                 10 July 2001                                 sasl_server_step(3)