PWSENCODER(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PWSENCODER(3)NAME
pws_passwords_encode, pws_passwords_encodemulti, pws_passwords_len —
Functions to encode a password string for storage
LIBRARY-lpwstor
SYNOPSIS
#include <pwstor.h>
int
pws_passwords_encode(char *indata, char *outdata, uint8_t use_b64);
int
pws_passwords_encodemulti(char *indata, PasswordData *outdata);
size_t
pws_passwords_len(uint8_t use_b64);
DESCRIPTION
The function pws_passwords_encode() This function returns zero to indi‐
cate success, or non-zero to indicate failure. The size of outdata
should be equal to the return value of pws_passwords_len() with an argu‐
ment equal to the argument of use_b64 passed to pws_passwords_encode().
That is, the Base64-encoding settings should be the same. indata must be
the password which you wish to encode. This function returns zero to
indicate success, or non-zero to indicate failure.
The function pws_passwords_encodemulti() works in a similar fashion,
except that instead of storing the data in a block of memory, it stores
it in a valid PasswordData structure. This structure must be allocated
by the caller. This function returns zero to indicate success, or non-
zero to indicate failure.
The function pws_passwords_len() returns a value equals to the size
required to store a password string. If use_b64 is true, it returns the
amount of space required to store a Base64-encoded password string
encoded by libpwstor. If it is false, it returns the amount of space
required to store a libpwstor encoded string which is not Base64 encoded.
SEE ALSOpwstor(3), pws_passwords_check(3), pws_passwords_checkmulti(3),
pws_passwords_converttomulti(3)BSD October 23, 2008 BSD
