1<!--$Id: env_set_encrypt.so,v 10.23 2004/09/28 15:04:20 bostic Exp $--> 2<!--Copyright (c) 1997,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.--> 3<!--See the file LICENSE for redistribution information.--> 4<html> 5<head> 6<title>Berkeley DB: DbEnv::set_encrypt</title> 7<meta name="description" content="Berkeley DB: An embedded database programmatic toolkit."> 8<meta name="keywords" content="embedded,database,programmatic,toolkit,btree,hash,hashing,transaction,transactions,locking,logging,access method,access methods,Java,C,C++"> 9</head> 10<body bgcolor=white> 11<table width="100%"><tr valign=top> 12<td> 13<b>DbEnv::set_encrypt</b> 14</td> 15<td align=right> 16<a href="../api_cxx/api_core.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a> 17<a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a></td> 18</tr></table> 19<hr size=1 noshade> 20<tt> 21<b><pre> 22#include <db_cxx.h> 23<p> 24int 25DbEnv::set_encrypt(const char *passwd, u_int32_t flags); 26<p> 27int 28DbEnv::get_encrypt_flags(u_int32_t *flagsp); 29</pre></b> 30<hr size=1 noshade> 31<b>Description: DbEnv::set_encrypt</b> 32<p>Set the password used by the Berkeley DB library to perform encryption and 33decryption.</p> 34<p>The DbEnv::set_encrypt method configures a database environment, not only operations 35performed using the specified <a href="../api_cxx/env_class.html">DbEnv</a> handle.</p> 36<p>The DbEnv::set_encrypt method may not be called after the <a href="../api_cxx/env_open.html">DbEnv::open</a> method is 37called. 38If the database environment already exists when 39<a href="../api_cxx/env_open.html">DbEnv::open</a> is called, the information specified to DbEnv::set_encrypt 40must be consistent with the existing environment or an error will be 41returned. 42</p> 43<p>The DbEnv::set_encrypt method 44either returns a non-zero error value 45or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on 46failure, and returns 0 on success. 47</p> 48<b>Parameters</b> <br> 49 <b>flags</b><ul compact><li>The <b>flags</b> parameter must be set to 0 or 50the following value: 51<br> 52<b><a name="DB_ENCRYPT_AES">DB_ENCRYPT_AES</a></b><ul compact><li>Use the Rijndael/AES (also known as the Advanced Encryption Standard 53and Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 197) algorithm for 54encryption or decryption.</ul> 55<br></ul> 56 <b>passwd</b><ul compact><li>The <b>passwd</b> parameter is the password used to perform encryption 57and decryption.</ul> 58<br> 59<br><b>Errors</b> 60<p>The DbEnv::set_encrypt method 61may fail and throw 62<a href="../api_cxx/except_class.html">DbException</a>, 63encapsulating one of the following non-zero errors, or return one of 64the following non-zero errors:</p> 65<br> 66<b>EINVAL</b><ul compact><li>If the method was called after 67<a href="../api_cxx/env_open.html">DbEnv::open</a> 68was called; or if an 69invalid flag value or parameter was specified.</ul> 70<br> 71<br> 72<b>EOPNOTSUPP</b><ul compact><li>Cryptography is not available in this Berkeley DB release.</ul> 73<br> 74<hr size=1 noshade> 75<b>Description: DbEnv::get_encrypt_flags</b> 76<p>The DbEnv::get_encrypt_flags method returns the encryption flags.</p> 77<p>The DbEnv::get_encrypt_flags method may be called at any time during the life of the 78application.</p> 79<p>The DbEnv::get_encrypt_flags method 80either returns a non-zero error value 81or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on 82failure, and returns 0 on success. 83</p> 84<b>Parameters</b> <br> 85 <b>flagsp</b><ul compact><li>The DbEnv::get_encrypt_flags method returns the 86encryption flags in <b>flagsp</b>.</ul> 87<br> 88<hr size=1 noshade> 89<br><b>Class</b> 90<a href="../api_cxx/env_class.html">DbEnv</a> 91<br><b>See Also</b> 92<a href="../api_cxx/env_list.html">Database Environments and Related Methods</a> 93</tt> 94<table width="100%"><tr><td><br></td><td align=right> 95<a href="../api_cxx/api_core.html"><img src="../images/api.gif" alt="API"></a><a href="../ref/toc.html"><img src="../images/ref.gif" alt="Ref"></a> 96</td></tr></table> 97<p><font size=1>Copyright (c) 1996,2008 Oracle. All rights reserved.</font> 98</body> 99</html> 100