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Interface Libraries                                 libsasl(3LIB)



NAME
     libsasl - simple authentication and security layer library

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag... ] file... -lsasl [ library... ]
     #include 
     #include 
     #include 


DESCRIPTION
     SASL is a security  framework  used  by  connection-oriented
     network  applications primarily for authentication.  Another
     way to describe SASL is that it is a glue  layer  between  a
     network  application and some security mechanisms that allow
     applications to authenticate each other  and  provide  addi-
     tional security services such as data encryption.  As a glue
     layer, SASL hides the interface specifics  of  the  security
     mechanism  from the application, which allows greater porta-
     bility and flexibility as new security mechanisms are imple-
     mented.   SASL is similar to the GSS-API in that it provides
     a layer of abstraction between an  application  and  one  or
     more security mechanisms.


     libsasl provides both an API for applications and an SPI for
     various  plug-ins. To link with this library, specify -lsasl
     on the cc command line.

INTERFACES
     The shared object libsasl.so.1 and associated include  files
     provide  the public interfaces defined below. The *_t inter-
     faces are function prototypes for callbacks that are defined
     in  the  public  SASL  header  files. While libsasl provides
     default versions for some of the callbacks,  this  structure
     allows  an application to define its own version of the some
     of the callback functions.


     See Intro(3) for additional  information  on  shared  object
     interfaces.



     prop_clear                     prop_dispose
     prop_dup                       prop_erase
     prop_format                    prop_get
     prop_getnames                  prop_new
     prop_request                   prop_set
     prop_setvals                   sasl_authorize_t
     sasl_auxprop                   sasl_auxprop_add_plugin
     sasl_auxprop_getctx            sasl_auxprop_request



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Interface Libraries                                 libsasl(3LIB)



     sasl_canon_user_t              sasl_canonuser_add_plugin
     sasl_chalprompt_t              sasl_checkapop
     sasl_checkpass                 sasl_client_add_plugin
     sasl_client_init               sasl_client_new
     sasl_client_plug_init_t        sasl_client_start
     sasl_client_step               sasl_decode
     sasl_decode64                  sasl_dispose
     sasl_done                      sasl_encode
     sasl_encode64                  sasl_encodev
     sasl_erasebuffer               sasl_errdetail
     sasl_errors                    sasl_errstring
     sasl_getcallback_t             sasl_getopt_t
     sasl_getpath_t                 sasl_getprop
     sasl_getrealm_t                sasl_getsecret_t
     sasl_getsimple_t               sasl_global_listmech
     sasl_idle                      sasl_listmech
     sasl_log_t                     sasl_server_add_plugin
     sasl_server_init               sasl_server_new
     sasl_server_plug_init_t        sasl_server_start
     sasl_server_step               sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t
     sasl_server_userdb_setpass_t   sasl_set_alloc
     sasl_set_mutex                 sasl_seterror
     sasl_setpass                   sasl_setprop
     sasl_utf8verify                sasl_verifyfile_t
     sasl_version


FILES
     /usr/lib/libsasl.so.1    shared object


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     _______________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |         ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
    |_____________________________|________________________________|
    | Availability                | system/library/security/libsasl|
    |_____________________________|________________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                      |
    |_____________________________|________________________________|


SEE ALSO
     Intro(3), attributes(5),







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