redhat man page for sasl_listmech

sasl_listmech(10 July 2001)											       sasl_listmech(10 July 2001)

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 2222

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_server_new(3), sasl_client_new(3)

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