Oracle Solaris Security for Developers Guide

libsasl Initialization

The client calls sasl_client_init() to initialize libsasl for the client's use. The server calls sasl_server_init() to initialize libsasl for server use.

When sasl_client_init() is run, the SASL client, the client's mechanisms and the client's canonicalization plug-in are loaded. Similarly, when sasl_server_init() is called, the SASL server, the server's mechanisms, the server's canonicalization plug-in, and the server's auxprop plug-in are loaded. After sasl_client_init() has been called, additional client plug-ins can be added by using sasl_client_add_plugin() and sasl_canonuser_add_plugin(). On the server side, after sasl_server_init() has been called, additional server plug-ins can be added through sasl_server_add_plugin(), sasl_canonuser_add_plugin(), and sasl_auxprop_add_plugin(). SASL mechanisms are provided in the Solaris software in the following directories according to the architecture:

The SASL_CB_GETPATH callback can be used to override the default location.

At this point, any required global callbacks are set. SASL clients and servers might include the following callbacks:

A SASL server might additionally include the SASL_CB_GETCONF callback.