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  (allo-
       cated/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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