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Updated: July 2017
 
 

sasl_server_init(3SASL)

Name

sasl_server_init - SASL server authentication initialization

Synopsis

cc [ flag ... ] file ... –lsasl   [ library ... ]
#include <sasl/sasl.h>

int sasl_server_init(const sasl_callback *callbacks, const char *appname);

Description

Use the sasl_server_init() interface to initialize SASL. You must call sasl_server_init() before you make a call to sasl_server_start(). sasl_server_init() may be called only once per process. A call to sasl_server_init () initializes all SASL mechanism drivers, that is, the authentication mechanisms. The SASL mechanism drivers are usually found in the /usr/lib/sasl directory.

Parameters

callbacks

Specifies the base callbacks for all client connections.

appname

The name of the application for lower level logging. For example, the sendmail server calls appname this way:

sasl_server_init(srvcallbacks, "Sendmail")

Return Values

sasl_server_init() returns an integer that corresponds to a SASL error code.

Errors

SASL_OK

The call to sasl_server_init() was successful.

All other error codes indicate an error situation that must be handled, or the authentication session should be quit. See sasl_errors(3SASL) for information on SASL error codes.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability
system/library/security/libsasl
Interface Stability
Committed
MT-Level
Unsafe

See Also

sasl_errors(3SASL), attributes(5)

Notes

While most of libsasl is MT-Safe, no other libsasl function should be called until this function completes.