gsasl_md5pwd_get_password(3) 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 <[email protected]>. 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.