The sasl_server_step() performs a step in the authentication negotiation.
PARAMETERS
conn
The SASL context for this connection.
clientin
The data given by the client. The data is decoded if the protocol encodes requests that are sent over the wire.
clientinlen
The length of clientin.
serverout serveroutlen
Set by the library and sent to the client.
RETURN VALUES
sasl_server_step() returns an integer that corresponds to a SASL error code.
ERRORS
SASL_OK
The whole authentication completed successfully.
SASL_CONTINUE
The call to sasl_server_step() was successful, and at least one more step is needed for the authentication.
All other error codes indicate an error situation that you must handle, or you should quit the authentication session. See sasl_errors(3SASL) for
information on SASL error codes.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: