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gsasl_md5pwd_get_password(3)	     gsasl	  gsasl_md5pwd_get_password(3)

NAME
       gsasl_md5pwd_get_password - API function

SYNOPSIS
       #include <gsasl.h>

       int gsasl_md5pwd_get_password(const char * filename, const char * user‐
       name, char * key, size_t * keylen);

ARGUMENTS
       const char * filename
		   filename of file containing passwords.

       const char * username
		   username string.

       char * key  output character array.

       size_t * keylen
		   input maximum size of output	 character  array,  on	output
		   contains actual length of output array.

DESCRIPTION
       Retrieve	 password for user from specified file.	 To find out how large
       the output array must be, call this function with out=NULL.

       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	 func‐
       tion 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_AUTHENTI‐
       CATION_ERROR if the user could not be found, or other error code.

DEPRECATED
       Use gsasl_simple_getpass() instead.

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 © 2002-2012 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.

gsasl				     1.8.0	  gsasl_md5pwd_get_password(3)
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