sasl_server_init(10 July 2001)											    sasl_server_init(10 July 2001)

NAME

       sasl_server_init - SASL server authentication initialization

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sasl/sasl.h>

       int sasl_server_init(const sasl_callback_t *callbacks,
			    const char *appname);

DESCRIPTION

       sasl_server_init()  initializes	SASL.  It must be called before any calls to sasl_server_start, and only once per process.  This call ini-
       tializes all SASL mechanism drivers (e.g. authentication mechanisms). These are usually found  in  the  /usr/lib/sasl2  directory  but  the
       directory may be overriden with the SASL_PATH enviornment variable (or at compile time).

       callbacks specifies the base callbacks for all client connections. See the sasl_callbacks man page for more information.

       appname is the name of the application. It is used for where to find the default configuration file.

RETURN VALUE

       sasl_server_init  returns  an integer which corresponds to one of the SASL error 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 2222

SEE ALSO

       sasl(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_server_new(3), sasl_server_start(3), sasl_server_step(3)

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