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sasl_client_init - SASL client authentication initialization

 #include <sasl/sasl.h>  "int sasl_client_init(const sasl_callback_t " *callbacks ");" 

sasl_client_init() initializes SASL. It must be called before any calls to sasl_client_start. This call initializes all SASL client drivers (e.g. authentication mechanisms). These are usually found in the /usr/lib/sasl2 directory but the directory may be overridden with the SASL_PATH environment variable.

callbacks specifies the base callbacks for all client connections. See the sasl_callbacks man page for more information

sasl_client_init returns an integer which corresponds to one of the following codes. SASL_OK is the only one that indicates success. All others indicate errors and should either be handled or the authentication session should be quit.

0.8i SASL_OK Success

0.8i SASL_BADVERS Mechanism version mismatch

0.8i SASL_BADPARAM Error in config file

0.8i SASL_NOMEM Not enough memory to complete operation

RFC 4422 sasl(3), sasl_callbacks(3), sasl_client_new(3), sasl_client_start(3), sasl_client_step(3)