NAME¶
gsasl_md5pwd_get_password - API function
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <gsasl.h>
int gsasl_md5pwd_get_password(const char * filename, const char
* username, char * key, size_t *
keylen);
ARGUMENTS¶
- const char * filename
- filename of file containing passwords.
- const char * username
- username string.
- char * key
- output character array.
- size_t * keylen
- input maximum size of output character array, on output contains actual
length of output array.
DESCRIPTION¶
Retrieve password for user from specified file. To find out how large the output
array must be, call this function with out=NULL.
The file should be on the UoW "MD5 Based Authentication" format, which
means it is in text format with comments denoted by # first on the line, with
user entries looking as "usernameTABpassword". This function removes
CR and LF at the end of lines before processing. TAB, CR, and LF denote ASCII
values 9, 13, and 10, respectively.
RETURN VALUE¶
Return GSASL_OK if output buffer contains the password,
GSASL_AUTHENTICATION_ERROR if the user could not be found, or other error
code.
DEPRECATED¶
Use
gsasl_simple_getpass() instead.
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 © 2002-2012 Simon Josefsson.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are
permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this
notice are preserved.
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.