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sasl_client_step(3sasl) [sunos man page]

sasl_client_step(3SASL) 		      Simple Authentication Security Layer Library Functions			   sasl_client_step(3SASL)

NAME
sasl_client_step - acquire an auxiliary property context SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lsasl [ library ... ] #include <sasl/sasl.h> int sasl_client_step(sasl_conn_t *conn, const char *serverin, unsigned serverinlen, sasl_interact_t **prompt_need, const char **clientout, unsigned *clientoutlen); DESCRIPTION
Use the sasl_client_step() interface performs a step in the authentication negotiation. sasl_client_step() returns SASL_OK if the complete negotiation is successful. If the negotiation on step is completed successfuly, but at least one more step is required, sasl_client_step() returns SASL_CONTINUE. A client should not assume an authentication negotiaion is successful because the server signaled success through the protocol. For example, if the server signaled OK Authentication succeeded in IMAP, sasl_client_step() should be called one more time with a serverinlen of zero. If a call to sasl_client_step() returns SASL_INTERACT, the library requires some values before sasl_client_step() can proceed. The prompt_need structure will be filled with the requests. The application should fulfull these requests and call sasl_client_step() again with identical parameters. The prompt_need parameter will be the same pointer as before, but it will have been filled in by the applica- tion. PARAMETERS
conn The SASL connection context. serverin The data given by the server. The data is decoded if the protocol encodes requests sent over the wire. serverinlen The length of the serverin. clientout clientout and clientoutlen are created. They contain the initial client response to send to the server. It is the clientoutlen job of the client to send them over the network to the server. Any protocol specific encodingthat is necessary, for example base64 encoding, must be done by the client. prompt_need A list of prompts that are needed to continue, if necessary. RETURN VALUES
sasl_client_step() returns an integer that corresponds to a SASL error code. ERRORS
SASL_OK The call to sasl_client_start() was successful. Authentication is complete. SASL_CONTINUE The call to sasl_client_start() was successful, but at least one more step is required for authentication. SASL_INTERACT The library requires some values before sasl_client_step() can proceed. All other error codes indicate an error situation that must be handled, or the authentication session should be quit. See sasl_errors(3SASL) for information on SASL error codes. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWlibsasl | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
sasl_errors(3SASL), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 28 Aug 2003 sasl_client_step(3SASL)

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NAME
sasl_client_step - Perform a step in the authentication negotiation SYNOPSIS
#include <sasl/sasl.h> int sasl_client_step(sasl_conn_t *conn, const char *serverin, unsigned serverinlen, sasl_interact_t ** prompt_need, const char ** clientout, unsigned * clientoutlen); DESCRIPTION
sasl_client_step() performs a step in the authentication negotiation. It returns SASL_OK if the whole negotiation is successful and SASL_CONTINUE if this step is ok but at least one more step is needed. A client should not assume an authentication negotiation is success- ful just because the server signaled success via protocol (i.e. if the server said ". OK Authentication succeeded" in IMAP sasl_client_step should still be called one more time with a serverinlen of zero. If SASL_INTERACT is returned the library needs some values to be filled in before it can proceed. The prompt_need structure will be filled in with requests. The application should fulfill these requests and call sasl_client_start again with identical parameters (the prompt_need parameter will be the same pointer as before but filled in by the application). conn is the SASL connection context serverin is the data given by the server (decoded if the protocol encodes requests sent over the wire) serverinlen is the length of serverin clientout and clientoutlen is created. It is the initial client response to send to the server. It is the job of the client to send it over the network to the server. Any protocol specific encoding (such as base64 encoding) necessary needs to be done by the client. RETURN VALUE
sasl_client_step returns an integer which corresponds to one of the following codes. SASL_CONTINUE indicates success and that there are more steps needed in the authentication. SASL_OK indicates that the authentication is complete. All other return codes indicate errors and should either be handled or the authentication session should be quit. CONFORMING TO
RFC 2222 SEE ALSO
sasl(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_client_init(3), sasl_client_new(3), sasl_client_start(3) SASL man pages SASL sasl_client_step(10 July 2001)
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