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gsasl_simple_getpass(3)              gsasl             gsasl_simple_getpass(3)

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 (C) 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)