sasl_checkapop - Cyrus SASL documentation
Contents
Conforming To
RFC4422, RFC1939
Copyright
1993-2016, The Cyrus Team
2.1.28 2025-02-28 SASL_CHECKAPOP(3)
Description
intsasl_checkapop(sasl_conn_t*conn,constchar*challenge,unsignedchallen,constchar*response,unsignedresplen)sasl_checkapop will check an APOP challenge/response. APOP is an optional POP3 (RFC1939)
authentication command which uses a shared secret (password). The password is stored in the
SASL secrets database. For information on the SASL shared secrets database see the SystemAdministratorsGuide.
If called with a NULL challenge, sasl_checkapop() will check to see if the APOP mechanism is
enabled.
Name
sasl_checkapop - Cyrus SASL documentation
Return Value
sasl_checkapop 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.
See Also
sasl(3), sasl_errors(3)
Synopsis
#include <sasl/sasl.h>
int sasl_checkapop(sasl_conn_t *conn,
const char *challenge,
unsigned challen,
const char *response,
unsigned resplen)
