mojave man page for sasl_checkpass

Query: sasl_checkpass

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sasl_checkpass(3)						  SASL man pages						 sasl_checkpass(3)

NAME
sasl_checkpass - Check a plaintext password
SYNOPSIS
#include <sasl/sasl.h> int sasl_checkpass(sasl_conn_t *conn, const char *user, unsigned userlen, const char *pass, unsigned passlen);
DESCRIPTION
sasl_checkpass() will check a plaintext password. This is needed for protocols that had a login method before SASL (for example the LOGIN command in IMAP). The password is checked with the pwcheck_method See sasl_callbacks(3) for information on how this parameter is set.
RETURN VALUE
sasl_checkpass returns an integer which corresponds to one of the following codes. 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. See sasl_errors(3) for meanings of return codes.
CONFORMING TO
RFC 4422
SEE ALSO
sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_setpass(3)
SASL
10 July 2001 sasl_checkpass(3)
Related Man Pages
sasl_checkapop(3) - mojave
sasl_checkpass(3) - debian
sasl_server_userdb_setpass_t(3) - debian
sasl_checkpass(3) - centos
sasl_checkpass(3sasl) - sunos
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