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NAME
       sasl_auxprop - Cyrus SASL documentation

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sasl/prop.h>

       struct propctx *prop_new(unsigned estimate)

       int prop_dup(struct propctx *src_ctx,
                    struct propctx *dst_ctx)

       int prop_request(struct propctx *ctx,
                        const char **names)

       const struct propval *prop_get(struct propctx *ctx)

       int prop_getnames(struct propctx *ctx, const char **names,
                         struct propval *vals)

       void prop_clear(struct propctx *ctx, int requests)

       void prop_erase(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name)

       void prop_dispose(struct propctx **ctx)

       int prop_format(struct propctx *ctx, const char *sep, int seplen,
                       char *outbuf, unsigned outmax, unsigned *outlen)

       int prop_set(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name,
                    const char *value, int vallen)

       int prop_setvals(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name,
                        const char **values)

DESCRIPTION
       SASL  auxiliary  properties are used to obtain properties from external
       sources during the authentication process.  For example,   a  mechanism
       might need to query an LDAP server to obtain the authentication secret.
       The application probably needs other information from  there  as  well,
       such  as  home directory or UID.   The auxiliary property interface al-
       lows the two to cooperate, and only results in a single  query  against
       the LDAP server (or other property sources).

       Property  lookups  take  place directly after user canonicalization oc-
       curs.  Therefore, all requests should be registered  with  the  context
       before that time.   Note that requests can also be registered using the
       sasl_auxprop_request(3)  function.   Most of the functions  listed  be-
       low, however, require a property context which can be obtained by call-
       ing sasl_auxprop_getctx(3).

API DESCRIPTION
       struct propctx *prop_new(unsigned estimate)
              Create a new property context.  Probably unnecessary for  appli-
              cation developers to call this at any point.

              Parametersestimate  –  is the estimate of storage needed in total
                       for requests & responses.  A value of 0 implies the li-
                       brary default.

              Returns
                     a new property context: propctx

       int prop_dup(struct propctx *src_ctx, struct propctx *dst_ctx)
              Duplicate a given property context.

              Parameterssrc_ctx (propctx) – Property context to copy.

                     • dst_ctx (propctx) – Destination context to copy into.

              Returns
                     SASL error code.

       int prop_request(struct propctx *ctx, const char **names)
              Add properties to the request list of a given context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to add add the re-
                       quest list to.

                     • names – is the NULL-terminated array of property names,
                       and  must persist until the requests are cleared or the
                       context is disposed of with a call to prop_dispose().

              Returns
                     SASL error code

       const struct propval *prop_get(struct propctx *ctx)
              Fetch out the property values from a context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to fetch from.

              Returns
                     a NULL-terminated array of property values from the given
                     context.

       int  prop_getnames(struct  propctx  *ctx,  const  char  **names, struct
       propval *vals)
              Fill in a (provided) array of property values based on a list of
              property names.  This implies that the vals array is at least as
              long as the  names array.  The values that are filled in by this
              call   persist    until    next    call    to    prop_request(),
              prop_clear(), or prop_dispose() on context.  If a name specified
              here  was never requested, then its associated values entry will
              be set to NULL.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to fill in.

              Returns
                     number of matching properties that were found, or a  SASL
                     error code.

       void prop_clear(struct propctx *ctx, int requests)
              Clear values and (optionally) requests from a property context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to clear.

                     • requests  – set to 1 if the requests should be cleared,
                       0 otherwise.

       void prop_erase(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name)
              Securely erase the value of a property from a context.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to find the  prop-
                       erty in.

                     • name – is the name of the property to erase.

       void prop_dispose(struct propctx **ctx)
              Disposes of a property context and NULLifys the pointer.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to clear.

       int  prop_format(struct propctx *ctx, const char *sep, int seplen, char
       *outbuf, unsigned outmax, unsigned *outlen)
              Format the requested property names into a string.  This not in-
              tended for use by the application (only by auxprop plugins).

              Parametersctx  (propctx) – The property context to extract values
                       from.

                     • sep – the separator to use for the string

                     • outbuf – destination string. Caller must  allocate  the
                       buffer of length outmax (including NUL terminator).

                     • outlen  –  if  non-NULL, will contain the length of the
                       resulting string (excluding NUL terminator).

              Returns
                     SASL error code.

       int prop_set(struct propctx *ctx, const char *name, const char  *value,
       int vallen)
              Adds  a property value to the context.  This is intended for use
              by auxprop plugins only.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to add a value to.

                     • name – the name of the  property  to  receive  the  new
                       value,   or  NULL, which implies that the value will be
                       added to the same property as the last call  to  either
                       prop_set() or prop_setvals().

                     • value – the new value (of length vallen)

                     • vallen – the length of the string value.

              Returns
                     SASL error code

       int  prop_setvals(struct  propctx  *ctx,  const  char *name, const char
       **values)
              Adds multiple values to a single property.  This is intended for
              use by auxprop plugins only.

              Parametersctx (propctx) – The property context to add values to.

                     • name  –  The  name  of  the property to receive the new
                       value, or NULL, which implies that the values  will  be
                       added  to  the same property as the last call to either
                       prop_set() or prop_setvals().

                     • values – A NULL-terminated array of values to be  added
                       the property.

              Returns
                     SASL error code

DATA STRUCTURES
       type propval
              A struct holding a name and its property values. A name can have
              zero or more values.

              Param name
                     const char *. Name of this propval.  NULL  means  end  of
                     list.

              Param values
                     const  char  **.  List  of string values. If property not
                     found, values == NULL. If property found with no  values,
                     then *values == NULL

       type propctx
              A property context.

              Param values
                     List of property values in this context.

              Type values
                     propval *

RETURN VALUE
       The  property  functions  that  return  an int return SASL error codes.
       See  sasl_errors(3).   Those that return pointers will return  a  valid
       pointer on success, or NULL on any error.

CONFORMING TO
       RFC 4422

SEE ALSO
       sasl(3),            sasl_errors(3),            sasl_auxprop_request(3),
       sasl_auxprop_getctx(3)

AUTHOR
       The Cyrus Team

COPYRIGHT
       1993-2022, The Cyrus Team

2.1.28                            2022-11-22                   SASL_AUXPROP(3)

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