slapi_register_supported_saslmechanism()

Registers the specified Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) mechanism with the server.

Syntax

#include "slapi-plugin.h"
void slapi_register_supported_saslmechanism( char *mechanism );

Parameters

This function takes the following parameter:

mechanism

String identifying the SASL mechanism to both the server and to clients requesting the mechanism during a SASL bind

Description

Use this function in the plug-in initialization function to register the name of a SASL mechanism supported by the plug-in. The preoperation function handling the SASL bind can then check the SASL bind mechanism name provided by the client to determine whether to attempt to handle the bind.

See Also

The sample $INSTALL_DIR/plugins/slapd/slapi/examples/testsaslbind.c plug-in demonstrates the use of this function.