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.TH sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t "10 July 2001" SASL "SASL man pages"
.SH NAME
sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t \- Plaintext Password Verification Callback

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <sasl/sasl.h>

.sp
.BI "int sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t(sasl_conn_t " *conn ","
.BI "                                   void " *context ","
.BI "			                const char " *user ","
.BI "                                   const char " *pass ","
.BI "                                   unsigned " passlen ","
.BI "                                   struct propctx " *propctx ")"

.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION

.B sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t
is used to verify a plaintext password against the callback supplier's user
database.  This is to allow additional ways to encode the userPassword
property.

.I context
context from the callback record

.I user
NUL terminated user name with user@realm syntax

.I pass
password to check (may not be NUL terminated)

.I passlen
length of the password

.I propctx
property context to fill in with userPassword

.SH "RETURN VALUE"
SASL callback functions should return SASL return codes. See sasl.h for a complete list. SASL_OK indicates success.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
sasl(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_server_userdb_setpass_t(3)