sunos man page for libsasl

libsasl(3LIB)															     libsasl(3LIB)

NAME
       libsasl - simple authentication and security layer library

SYNOPSIS
       cc [ flag... ] file... -lsasl [ library... ]
       #include <sasl/sasl.h>
       #include <sasl/prop.h>
       #include <sasl/saslutil.h>

       SASL  is  a security framework used by connection-oriented network applications primarily for authentication.  Another way to describe SASL
       is that it is a glue layer between a network application and some security mechanisms that allow applications to  authenticate  each  other
       and  provide  additional  security  services  such as data encryption.  As a glue layer, SASL hides the interface specifics of the security
       mechanism from the application, which allows greater portability and flexibility as new security mechanisms are implemented.  SASL is simi-
       lar to the GSS-API in that it provides a layer of abstraction between an application and one or more security mechanisms.

       libsasl	provides both an API for applications and an SPI for various plug-ins. To link with this library, specify -lsasl on the cc command
       line.

INTERFACES
       The shared object libsasl.so.1 and associated include files provide the public interfaces defined below. The *_t  interfaces  are  function
       prototypes  for	callbacks  that are defined in the public SASL header files. While libsasl provides default versions for some of the call-
       backs, this structure allows an application to define its own version of the some of the callback functions.

       See intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

       prop_clear		      prop_dispose
       prop_dup 		      prop_erase
       prop_format		      prop_get
       prop_getnames		      prop_new
       prop_request		      prop_set
       prop_setvals		      sasl_authorize_t
       sasl_auxprop		      sasl_auxprop_add_plugin
       sasl_auxprop_getctx	      sasl_auxprop_request
       sasl_canon_user_t	      sasl_canonuser_add_plugin
       sasl_chalprompt_t	      sasl_checkapop
       sasl_checkpass		      sasl_client_add_plugin
       sasl_client_init 	      sasl_client_new
       sasl_client_plug_init_t	      sasl_client_start
       sasl_client_step 	      sasl_decode
       sasl_decode64		      sasl_dispose
       sasl_done		      sasl_encode
       sasl_encode64		      sasl_encodev
       sasl_erasebuffer 	      sasl_errdetail
       sasl_errors		      sasl_errstring
       sasl_getcallback_t	      sasl_getopt_t
       sasl_getpath_t		      sasl_getprop
       sasl_getrealm_t		      sasl_getsecret_t
       sasl_getsimple_t 	      sasl_global_listmech
       sasl_idle		      sasl_listmech
       sasl_log_t		      sasl_server_add_plugin
       sasl_server_init 	      sasl_server_new
       sasl_server_plug_init_t	      sasl_server_start
       sasl_server_step 	      sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t
       sasl_server_userdb_setpass_t   sasl_set_alloc
       sasl_set_mutex		      sasl_seterror
       sasl_setpass		      sasl_setprop
       sasl_utf8verify		      sasl_verifyfile_t
       sasl_version

       /usr/lib/libsasl.so.1	       shared object

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWlibsasl		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       intro(3), attributes(5),

								    27 Oct 2003 						     libsasl(3LIB)