sasl_server_init(3)             SASL man pages             sasl_server_init(3)



NAME
       sasl_server_init - SASL server authentication initialization



SYNOPSIS
       #include <sasl/sasl.h>

       int sasl_server_init(const sasl_callback_t *callbacks,
                            const char *appname);


DESCRIPTION
       sasl_server_init() initializes SASL. It must be called before any calls
       to sasl_server_start, and only once per process.  This call initializes
       all SASL mechanism drivers (e.g. authentication mechanisms). These are
       usually found in the /usr/lib/sasl2 directory but the directory may be
       overridden with the SASL_PATH environment variable (or at compile
       time).

       callbacks specifies the base callbacks for all client connections. See
       the sasl_callbacks man page for more information.

       appname is the name of the application. It is used for where to find
       the default configuration file.

RETURN VALUE
       sasl_server_init returns an integer which corresponds to one of the
       SASL error codes. SASL_OK is the only one that indicates success. All
       others indicate errors and should either be handled or the
       authentication session should be quit.


CONFORMING TO
       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_server_new(3),
       sasl_server_start(3), sasl_server_step(3)



SASL                             10 July 2001              sasl_server_init(3)
