saslsetpass(10 July 2001) saslsetpass(10 July 2001)

NAME
       saslsetpass - Check a plaintext password

SYNOPSIS
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       iinntt ssaassllsseettppaassss((ssaassllccoonnnntt **conn,,
                        ccoonnsstt cchhaarr **user,,
                        ccoonnsstt cchhaarr **pass,, uunnssiiggnneedd passlen,,
                         ccoonnsstt cchhaarr **oldpass,, uunnssiiggnneedd oldpasslen,,
                         uunnssiiggnneedd flags))


DESCRIPTION
       ssaassllsseettppaassss  will set passwords in the sasldb, and trigger the setpass
       callbacks for all available mechanisms.

       user is the username to set the password for.

       pass and passlen are the password to set and its length

       oldpass and oldpasslen are the old  password  &  its  length  (and  are
       optional)

       flags  Are  flags  including  SASLSETCREATE  and SASLSETDISABLE (to
       cause the creating of nonexistant accounts and  the  disableing  of  an
       account, respectively)


NNOOTTEESS
       oldpass  and  oldpasslen  are  unused in the Cyrus SASL implementation,
       though are passed on to any mechanisms that may require them.


RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
       Returns SASLOK on success. SASL error code on failure.


CCOONNFFOORRMMIINNGG TTOO
       RFC 2222

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), saslerrors(3), saslcheckpass(3)



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