NAME¶
gsasl - SASL library command line interface
SYNOPSIS¶
gsasl [
OPTIONS]... [
HOST [
PORT]]...
DESCRIPTION¶
GNU SASL 1.8.0
Authenticate user to a server using Simple Authentication and Security Layer.
Currently IMAP and SMTP servers are supported. This is a command line
interface for the GNU SASL library.
- -h, --help
- Print help and exit
- -V, --version
- Print version and exit
Commands:¶
- -c, --client
- Act as client. (default=on)
- -s, --server
- Act as server. (default=off)
- --client-mechanisms
- Write name of supported client mechanisms separated by space to stdout.
(default=off)
- --server-mechanisms
- Write name of supported server mechanisms separated by space to stdout.
(default=off)
Network options:¶
- --connect=HOST[:PORT]
- Connect to TCP server and negotiate on stream instead of stdin/stdout.
PORT is the protocol service, or an integer denoting the port, and
defaults to 143 (imap) if not specified. Also sets the --hostname
default.
Generic options:¶
- -d, --application-data
- After authentication, read data from stdin and run it through the
mechanism's security layer and print it base64 encoded to stdout. The
default is to terminate after authentication.
- (default=on)
- --imap
- Use a IMAP-like logon procedure (client only). Also sets the
--service default to 'imap'. (default=off)
- --smtp
- Use a SMTP-like logon procedure (client only). Also sets the
--service default to 'smtp'. (default=off)
- -m, --mechanism=STRING
- Mechanism to use.
- --no-client-first
- Disallow client to send data first (client only). (default=off)
SASL mechanism options (they are prompted for when required):¶
- -n, --anonymous-token=STRING
- Token for anonymous authentication, usually mail address (ANONYMOUS
only).
- -a, --authentication-id=STRING
- Identity of credential owner.
-z, --authorization-id=STRING Identity to
request service for.
- -p, --password=STRING
- Password for authentication (insecure for non-testing purposes).
- -r, --realm=STRING
- Realm. Defaults to hostname.
- -x, --maxbuf=NUMBER
- Indicate maximum buffer size (DIGEST-MD5 only).
- --passcode=NUMBER
- Passcode for authentication (SECURID only).
- --service=STRING
- Set the requested service name (should be a registered GSSAPI host based
service name).
- --hostname=STRING
- Set the name of the server with the requested service.
- --service-name=STRING
- Set the generic server name in case of a replicated server (DIGEST-MD5
only).
- --enable-cram-md5-validate
- Validate CRAM-MD5 challenge and response
- interactively.
- (default=off)
- --disable-cleartext-validate
- Disable cleartext validate hook, forcing server
- to prompt for password.
- (default=off)
- --quality-of-protection=TYPE
- How application payload will be protected.
- 'qop-auth' means no protection, 'qop-int' means integrity protection,
'qop-conf' means integrity and confidentialiy protection. Currently only
used by DIGEST-MD5, where the default is 'qop-int'.
STARTTLS options:¶
- --starttls
- Force use of STARTTLS. The default is to use STARTTLS when available.
(default=off)
- --no-starttls
- Unconditionally disable STARTTLS. (default=off)
- --no-cb
- Don't use channel bindings from TLS. (default=off)
- --x509-ca-file=FILE
- File containing one or more X.509 Certificate Authorities certificates in
PEM format, used to verify the certificate received from the server. If
not specified, no verification of the remote server certificate will be
done.
- --x509-cert-file=FILE
- File containing client X.509 certificate in PEM format. Used together with
--x509-key-file to specify the certificate/key pair.
- --x509-key-file=FILE
- Private key for the client X.509 certificate in PEM format. Used together
with --x509-key-file to specify the certificate/key pair.
- --priority=STRING
- Cipher priority string.
Other options:¶
- --verbose
- Produce verbose output. (default=off)
- --quiet
- Don't produce any diagnostic output. (default=off)
AUTHOR¶
Written by Simon Josefsson.
REPORTING BUGS¶
Report bugs to: bug-gsasl@gnu.org
GNU SASL home page: <
http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/>
General help using GNU software: <
http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2012 Simon Josefsson. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or
later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO¶
The full documentation for
gsasl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
gsasl programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
- info gsasl
should give you access to the complete manual.