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NAME

       sasl_auxprop - Cyrus SASL documentation

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sasl/prop.h>

       struct propctx *prop_new(unsigned estimate)

       int prop_dup(struct propctx *src_ctx,
                    struct propctx *dst_ctx)

       int prop_request(struct propctx *ctx,
                        const char **names)

       const struct propval *prop_get(struct propctx *ctx)

       int prop_getnames(struct propctx *ctx, const char **names,
                         struct propval *vals)

       void prop_clear(struct propctx *ctx, int requests)

       void prop_erase(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name)

       void prop_dispose(struct propctx **ctx)

       int prop_format(struct propctx *ctx, const char *sep, int seplen,
                       char *outbuf, unsigned outmax, unsigned *outlen)

       int prop_set(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name,
                    const char *value, int vallen)

       int prop_setvals(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name,
                        const char **values)

DESCRIPTION

       SASL  auxiliary  properties are used to obtain properties from external sources during the
       authentication process.  For example,  a mechanism might need to query an LDAP  server  to
       obtain  the  authentication secret.  The application probably needs other information from
       there as well, such as home directory or UID.   The auxiliary  property  interface  allows
       the two to cooperate, and only results in a single query against the LDAP server (or other
       property sources).

       Property lookups take place directly after user canonicalization occurs.   Therefore,  all
       requests  should be registered with the context before that time.   Note that requests can
       also be registered using the sasl_auxprop_request(3)  function.   Most  of  the  functions
       listed  below,  however,  require  a  property  context  which  can be obtained by calling
       sasl_auxprop_getctx(3).

API DESCRIPTION

       struct propctx *prop_new(unsigned estimate)
              Create a new property context.  Probably unnecessary for application developers  to
              call this at any point.

              Parametersestimate  –  is  the  estimate  of  storage needed in total for requests &
                       responses.  A value of 0 implies the library default.

              Returns
                     a new property context: propctx

       int prop_dup(struct propctx *src_ctx, struct propctx *dst_ctx)
              Duplicate a given property context.

              Parameterssrc_ctx (propctx) – Property context to copy.

                     • dst_ctx (propctx) – Destination context to copy into.

              Returns
                     SASL error code.

       int prop_request(struct propctx *ctx, const char **names)
              Add properties to the request list of a given context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to add add the request list to.

                     • names – is the NULL-terminated array of property names,  and must  persist
                       until  the  requests are cleared or the context is disposed of with a call
                       to prop_dispose().

              Returns
                     SASL error code

       const struct propval *prop_get(struct propctx *ctx)
              Fetch out the property values from a context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to fetch from.

              Returns
                     a NULL-terminated array of property values from the given context.

       int prop_getnames(struct propctx *ctx, const char **names, struct propval *vals)
              Fill in a (provided) array of property values based on a list  of  property  names.
              This  implies  that  the  vals  array is at least as long as the  names array.  The
              values that are  filled  in  by  this  call  persist    until    next    call    to
              prop_request(),  prop_clear(),  or  prop_dispose() on context.  If a name specified
              here was never requested, then its associated values entry will be set to NULL.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to fill in.

              Returns
                     number of matching properties that were found, or a SASL error code.

       void prop_clear(struct propctx *ctx, int requests)
              Clear values and (optionally) requests from a property context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to clear.

                     • requests – set to 1 if the requests should be cleared, 0 otherwise.

       void prop_erase(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name)
              Securely erase the value of a property from a context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to find the property in.

                     • name – is the name of the property to erase.

       void prop_dispose(struct propctx **ctx)
              Disposes of a property context and NULLifys the pointer.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to clear.

       int prop_format(struct propctx *ctx, const char *sep, int seplen, char  *outbuf,  unsigned
       outmax, unsigned *outlen)
              Format  the  requested  property names into a string.  This not intended for use by
              the application (only by auxprop plugins).

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to extract values from.

                     • sep – the separator to use for the string

                     • outbuf – destination string. Caller must allocate  the  buffer  of  length
                       outmax (including NUL terminator).

                     • outlen  –  if  non-NULL,  will  contain the length of the resulting string
                       (excluding NUL terminator).

              Returns
                     SASL error code.

       int prop_set(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name, const char *value, int vallen)
              Adds a property value to the context.  This is intended for use by auxprop  plugins
              only.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to add a value to.

                     • name  – the name of the property to receive the new value,  or NULL, which
                       implies that the value will be added to the same property as the last call
                       to either prop_set() or prop_setvals().

                     • value – the new value (of length vallen)

                     • vallen – the length of the string value.

              Returns
                     SASL error code

       int prop_setvals(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name, const char **values)
              Adds  multiple  values  to  a single property.  This is intended for use by auxprop
              plugins only.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to add values to.

                     • name – The name of the property to receive the new value, or  NULL,  which
                       implies  that  the  values  will be added to the same property as the last
                       call to either prop_set() or prop_setvals().

                     • values – A NULL-terminated array of values to be added the property.

              Returns
                     SASL error code

DATA STRUCTURES

       type propval
              A struct holding a name and its property values. A  name  can  have  zero  or  more
              values.

              Param name
                     const char *. Name of this propval. NULL means end of list.

              Param values
                     const char **. List of string values. If property not found, values == NULL.
                     If property found with no values, then *values == NULL

       type propctx
              A property context.

              Param values
                     List of property values in this context.

              Type values
                     propval *

RETURN VALUE

       The property functions that return an int return SASL error codes.   See   sasl_errors(3).
       Those that return pointers will return a valid pointer on success, or NULL on any error.

CONFORMING TO

       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO

       sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_auxprop_request(3), sasl_auxprop_getctx(3)

AUTHOR

       The Cyrus Team

COPYRIGHT

       1993-2022, The Cyrus Team