Initializing the Password Check Plug-In

Password check plug-ins register a password checking function, SLAPI_PLUGIN_PASSWDCHECK_FN, during initialization with the server.

#include "slapi-plugin.h"

int
pwdcheck_init(Slapi_PBlock * pb)
{
    int rc = 0;
    rc |=   slapi_pblock_set(
                pb,
                SLAPI_PLUGIN_VERSION,
                SLAPI_PLUGIN_CURRENT_VERSION
            );

    rc |=   slapi_pblock_set(
                pb,
                SLAPI_PLUGIN_DESCRIPTION,
                (void *) &pwd_desc; /* See the code for pwd_desc. */
            );

    rc |=   slapi_pblock_set(
                pb,
                SLAPI_PLUGIN_PASSWDCHECK_FN,
                (void *) check_pwd
            );
    return rc;
}

You can implement your own dictionary check that caches the dictionary content from a large file. In this case, load the dictionary as part of a plug-in start function rather than part of plug-in initialization. Thus, you avoid blocking startup of the server while the cache is constructed.