.. saslman:: sasl(3)

.. _sasl-reference-manpages-library-sasl:


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**SASL** - SASL Authentication Library
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Description
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The CMU Cyrus SASL library is a general purpose authentication library for sever and client applications.

**System Administrators**

For information on setting up/configuring the SASL library see the System
Administrators Guide: https://www.cyrusimap.org/sasl/sasl/sysadmin.html

**Programmers**

See man pages for individual sasl functions or the Programmers Guide in the doc/ directory of the SASL distribution.

Conforming to :rfc:`2222`

See Also
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:saslman:`sasl_authorize_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_auxprop(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_auxprop_getctx(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_auxprop_request(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_canon_user_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_callbacks(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_chalprompt_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_checkapop(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_checkpass(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_client_init(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_client_new(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_client_start(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_client_step(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_decode(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_dispose(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_done(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_encode(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_encodev(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_errdetail(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_errors(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_errstring(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_errors(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_getopt_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_getpath_t(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_getprop(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_getrealm_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_getsecret_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_getsimple_t(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_idle(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_listmech(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_log_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_server_init(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_server_new(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_server_start(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_server_step(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_server_userdb_setpass_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_setpass(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_setprop(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_user_exists(3)`,
:saslman:`sasl_verifyfile_t(3)`, :saslman:`sasl_global_listmech(3)`

Referenced By
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ldap.conf(5), overload(3), sasl_getconfpath_t(3)
