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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl.html"><strong>SASL</strong> - SASL Authentication Library</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_client_new.html"><strong>sasl_client_new</strong> - Create a new client authentication object</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_client_start.html"><strong>sasl_client_start</strong> - Begin an authentication negotiation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_client_step.html"><strong>sasl_client_step</strong> - Perform a step in the authentication negotiation</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_errdetail.html"><strong>sasl_errdetail</strong> - Retrieve  detailed information about an error</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_errstring.html"><strong>sasl_errstring</strong> - Translate a SASL return code to a human-readable form</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getcallback_t.html"><strong>sasl_getcallback_t</strong> - callback function to lookup a sasl_callback_t for a connection</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getconfpath_t.html"><strong>sasl_getconfpath_t</strong> - The SASL callback to indicate location of the config files</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getopt_t.html"><strong>sasl_getopt_t</strong> - The SASL get option callback</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getpath_t.html"><strong>sasl_getpath_t</strong> - The SASL callback to indicate location of the mechanism drivers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getprop.html"><strong>sasl_getprop</strong> - Get a SASL property</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getrealm_t.html"><strong>sasl_getrealm_t</strong> - Realm Acquisition Callback</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getsecret_t.html"><strong>sasl_getsecret_t</strong> - The SASL callback for secrets (passwords)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_getsimple_t.html"><strong>sasl_getsimple_t</strong> - The SASL callback for username/authname/realm</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_global_listmech.html"><strong>sasl_global_listmech</strong> - Retrieve a list of the supported SASL mechanisms</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_idle.html"><strong>sasl_idle</strong> - Perform precalculations during an idle period</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_listmech.html"><strong>sasl_listmech</strong> - Retrieve a list of the supported SASL mechanisms</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_log_t.html"><strong>sasl_log_t</strong> - The SASL logging callback</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_add_plugin.html"><strong>sasl_server_add_plugin</strong> - add a SASL server plugin</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_done.html"><strong>sasl_server_done</strong> - Cleanup function</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_init.html"><strong>sasl_server_init</strong> - SASL server authentication initialization</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_new.html"><strong>sasl_server_new</strong> - Create a new server authentication object</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_plug_init_t.html"><strong>sasl_server_plug_init_t</strong> - server plug‐in entry point</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_start.html"><strong>sasl_server_start</strong> - Begin an authentication negotiation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_step.html"><strong>sasl_server_step</strong> - Perform a step in the authentication negotiation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t.html"><strong>sasl_server_userdb_checkpass_t</strong> - Plaintext Password Verification Callback</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_server_userdb_setpass_t.html"><strong>sasl_server_userdb_setpass_t</strong> - UserDB Plaintext Password Setting Callback</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_set_alloc.html"><strong>sasl_set_alloc</strong> - set the memory allocation functions used by the SASL library</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_set_mutex.html"><strong>sasl_set_mutex</strong> - set the mutex lock functions used by the SASL library</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_seterror.html"><strong>sasl_seterror</strong> - set the error string</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_setpass.html"><strong>sasl_setpass</strong> - Check a plaintext password</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_setprop.html"><strong>sasl_setprop</strong> - Set a SASL property</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_user_exists.html"><strong>sasl_user_exists</strong> - Check if a user exists on server</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_usererr.html"><strong>sasl_usererr</strong> - Remove information leak about accounts from sasl error codes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_utf8verify.html"><strong>sasl_utf8verify</strong> - Verify a string is valid utf8</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/reference/manpages/library/sasl_verifyfile_t.html"><strong>sasl_verifyfile_t</strong> - The SASL file verification</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/faqs/authorize-vs-authenticate.html">What is the difference between an Authorization ID and a Authentication ID?</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/faqs/crammd5-digestmd5.html">Why do CRAM-MD5 and DIGEST-MD5 not work with CyrusSaslauthd?</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/faqs/openldap-sasl-gssapi.html">How do I configure OpenLDAP +SASL+GSSAPI?</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/faqs/upgrade-saslv2.html">Why am I having a problem running dbconverter-2 to upgrade from SASLv1 to SASLv2?</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/developer/programming.html#what-is-the-cyrus-sasl-library-good-for">What is the Cyrus SASL library good for?</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/developer/programming.html#id1">How does this look in code?</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/developer/programming.html#imtest-from-cyrus-2-1-0-or-later"><cite>imtest</cite>, from Cyrus 2.1.0 or later</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="sasl/developer/plugprog.html#use-of-sasl-utils-t">Use of sasl_utils_t</a></li>
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