gsasl_encode(3)

gsasl_encode3

Api function

Usage

#include <gsasl.h>

int gsasl_encode(Gsasl_session * sctx, const char * input, size_t input_len, char ** output, size_t * output_len);

Arguments

Gsasl_session * sctx

libgsasl session handle.

const char * input

input byte array.

size_t input_len

size of input byte array.

char ** output

newly allocated output byte array.

size_t * output_len

pointer to output variable with size of output byte array.

Overview

Encode data according to negotiated SASL mechanism. This might mean that data is integrity or privacy protected.

The output buffer is allocated by this function, and it is the responsibility of caller to deallocate it by calling gsasl_free( output ).

Return value: Returns GSASL_OK if encoding was successful, otherwise an error code.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7–10
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 13
  8. Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
General guidelines for reporting bugs: https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/
GNU SASL home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/

From gsasl 2.2.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.