NAME¶

gsasl_md5pwd_get_password - 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 <bug-gsasl@gnu.org>.
General guidelines for reporting bugs: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/
GNU SASL home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2002-2021 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. As an alternative you may obtain the manual from:

http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/manual/