The sasl_listmech() interface returns a string listing the SASL names of all the mechanisms available to the specified user. This call is typically given to the client through a capability command or initial server response. Client applications need this list so that they
know what mechanisms the server supports.
PARAMETERS
conn
The SASL context for this connection user restricts the mechanism list to those mechanisms available to the user. This parameter is optional.
user
Restricts security mechanisms to those available to that user. The value of user may be NULL, and it is not used if called by the client application.
prefix
Appended to the beginning of result.
sep
Appended between mechanisms.
suffix
Appended to the end of result.
result
A null-terminated result string. result must be allocated or freed by the library.
plen
The length of the result filled in by the library. The value of plen may be NULL.
pcount
The number of mechanisms available. The value of pcount is filled in by the library. The value of pcount may be NULL
RETURN VALUES
sasl_listmech() returns an integer that corresponds to a SASL error code.
ERRORS
SASL_OK
The call to sasl_listmech() was successful.
See sasl_errors(3SASL) for information on SASL error codes.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
