NAME

       gsasl_simple_getpass - API function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <gsasl.h>

       int gsasl_simple_getpass(const char * filename, const char * username, char ** key);

ARGUMENTS

       const char * filename
                   filename of file containing passwords.

       const char * username
                   username string.

       char ** key newly allocated output character array.

DESCRIPTION

       Retrieve  password for user from specified file.  The buffer key contain the password if this function is
       successful.  The caller is responsible for deallocating it.

       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.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report  bugs to <bug-gsasl@gnu.org>.  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.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation for gsasl is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and gsasl programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info gsasl

       should give you access to the complete manual.

gsasl                                                 1.8.0                              gsasl_simple_getpass(3)