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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 contain
       the password if this function is successful.  The caller is responsible
       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
       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.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report   bugs   to   <bug-gsasl@gnu.org>.    GNU   SASL   home    page:
       http://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/  General  help  using  GNU software:
       http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2002, 2003,  2004,  2005,  2006,  2007,  2008,  2009  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.