NAME

       sasl_checkpass - Check a plaintext password

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sasl/sasl.h>

       int sasl_checkpass(sasl_conn_t *conn,
                        const char *user,
                        unsigned userlen,
                        const char *pass,
                        unsigned passlen);

DESCRIPTION

       sasl_checkpass()  will  check  a plaintext password. This is needed for protocols that had a login method
       before SASL (for example the LOGIN command in IMAP). The password is checked with the pwcheck_method  See
       sasl_callbacks(3) for information on how this parameter is set.

RETURN VALUE

       sasl_checkpass returns an integer which corresponds to one of the following codes. 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.  See sasl_errors(3) for meanings of return codes.

CONFORMING TO

       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO

       sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_setpass(3)

SASL                                              10 July 2001                                 sasl_checkpass(3)