sasl_listmech(3) SASL man pages sasl_listmech(3)
NAME
sasl_listmech - Retrieve a list of the supported SASL mechanisms
SYNOPSIS
#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_listmech(sasl_conn_t *conn,
const char *user,
const char *prefix,
const char *sep,
const char *suffix,
const char **result,
unsigned *plen,
int *pcount);
DESCRIPTION
sasl_listmech() returns a string listing the SASL names of all the mechanisms available to the specified user. This is typically given to
the client through a capability command or initial server response. Client applications need this list so that they know what mechanisms
the server supports.
conn the SASL context for this connection user (optional) restricts the mechanism list to only those available to the user. prefix
appended to beginning of result sep appended between mechanisms suffix appended to end of result result NULL terminated result string
(allocated/freed by library) plen length of result filled in by library. May be NULL pcount Number of mechanisms available (filled in by
library). May be NULL
Example:
sasl_listmech(conn,NULL,"(",",",")",&mechlist,NULL,NULL);
may give the string
(ANONYMOUS,KERBEROS_V4,DIGEST-MD5)
as a result
RETURN VALUE
Returns SASL_OK on success. SASL error code on failure.
CONFORMING TO
RFC 4422
SEE ALSO
sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_server_new(3), sasl_client_new(3)
SASL
10 July 2001 sasl_listmech(3)
