sasl_client_init(3)             SASL man pages             sasl_client_init(3)



NAME
       sasl_client_init - SASL client authentication initialization



SYNOPSIS
       #include <sasl/sasl.h>

       int sasl_client_init(const  sasl_callback_t *callbacks);


DESCRIPTION
       sasl_client_init() initializes SASL. It must be called before any calls
       to sasl_client_start. This call initializes all SASL client 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.

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

RETURN VALUE
       sasl_client_init returns an integer which corresponds to one of the
       following 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.



ERRORS
       SASL_OK Success

       SASL_BADVERS
               Mechanism version mismatch

       SASL_BADPARAM
               Error in config file

       SASL_NOMEM
               Not enough memory to complete operation


CONFORMING TO
       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_client_new(3), sasl_client_start(3),
       sasl_client_step(3)



SASL                             21 June 2001              sasl_client_init(3)
