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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 con- tain the password if this function is successful. The caller is re- sponsible 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 func- tion 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 er- ror code. 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 (C) 2002-2022 Simon Josefsson. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright no- tice 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/ gsasl 2.2.1 gsasl_simple_getpass(3)
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