iscsi_session_username_get(3)
β¨ iscsi_session_username_get(3) β the lil username getter π
okay bestie, so this one lives in the API Manual and honestly? it's giving "short but essential." it's iscsi_session_username_get(3) and it's here to grab the auth username off a session for you π
πΈ NAME πΈ
iscsi_session_username_get β retrieve the authentication username of the specified session π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
const char * iscsi_session_username_get (struct iscsi_session *se);
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
seβ a pointer to astruct iscsi_session. like, the session you want the username from π
β οΈ heads up bestie: if this pointer isNULL, your program will be terminated byassert. no cap, it just ends. so maybe don't do that π
π DESCRIPTION π
it retrieves the authentication username of the specified iSCSI session. periodt.
ngl, there's a lil caveat: currently open-iscsi only supports the CHAP authentication method. and this setting is controlled in iscsid.conf π
π RETURN π
returns const char * β¨
so like β you get an empty string if you're not using CHAP authentication, or if it failed to read the authentication information. either way, empty string, no drama π
and the best part? no need to free this memory π the resources will get freed by iscsi_session_free or iscsi_sessions_free. so you don't have to lift a finger, it's handled, main character energy fr fr π
and that's the whole vibe bestie π this lil page comes from the API Manual, dated September 2026 β mwah, go get that username π§β¨π
π¦ where this page comes from
- alpine 3.24: open-iscsi-doc 2.1.12-r0 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- arch rolling: open-iscsi 2.1.13-1 Β· GPL
- debian bookworm: libopeniscsiusr-dev 2.1.8-1+deb12u1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: libopeniscsiusr-dev 2.1.11-5ubuntu6 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
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