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sasl_setpass(10 July 2001)                                                        sasl_setpass(10 July 2001)



NAME
       sasl_setpass - Check a plaintext password

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sasl/sasl.h>

       int sasl_setpass(sasl_conn_t *conn,
                        const char *user,
                        const char *pass, unsigned passlen,
                         const char *oldpass, unsigned oldpasslen,
                         unsigned flags)


DESCRIPTION
       sasl_setpass  will  set  passwords in the sasldb, and trigger the setpass callbacks for all available
       mechanisms.

       user is the username to set the password for.

       pass and passlen are the password to set and its length

       oldpass and oldpasslen are the old password & its length (and are optional)

       flags Are flags including SASL_SET_CREATE and SASL_SET_DISABLE (to cause the creating of  nonexistant
       accounts and the disableing of an account, respectively)


NOTES
       oldpass and oldpasslen are unused in the Cyrus SASL implementation, though are passed on to any mech-anisms mechanisms
       anisms that may require them.


RETURN VALUE
       Returns SASL_OK on success. SASL error code on failure.


CONFORMING TO
       RFC 2222

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_checkpass(3)



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