sasl_setpass

- set the password for a user

Synopsis

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

int sasl_setpass(sasl_conn_t *conn, const char *user, const char *pass,
     unsigned passlen, const char *oldpass, unsigned oldpasslen,
     unsigned flags);

Description

Use the sasl_setpass() interface to set passwords. sasl_setpass() uses the SASL_CB_SERVER_USERDB_SETPASS callback, if one is supplied. Additionally, if any server mechanism plugins supply a setpass callback, the setpass callback would be called. None of the server mechanism plugins currently supply a setpass callback.

Parameters

conn

The SASL connection context

user

The username for which the password is set

pass

The password to set

passlen

The length of pass

oldpass

The old password, which is optional

oldpasslen

The length of oldpass, which is optional

flags

Refers to flags, including, SASL_SET_CREATE and SASL_SET_DISABLE. Use these flags to create and disable accounts.

Return Values

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

Errors

SASL_OK

The call to sasl_setpass() was successful.

See sasl_errors(3SASL) for information on SASL error codes.

Attributes

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

See Also

sasl_errors(3SASL), sasl_getprop(3SASL), attributes(5)