Memcac...ed_sasl(3pm)

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💖 NAME 💖

ok so bestie, gather round — these are the SASL girlies:

  • memcached_set_sasl_callbacks
  • memcached_get_sasl_callbacks
  • memcached_sasl_set_auth_data
  • memcached_destroy_sasl_auth_data

they're all about SASL support, no cap. 💅

📚 LIBRARY 📚

C Client Library for memcached — that's libmemcached, link it with -lmemcached. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <memcached.h>

void memcached_set_sasl_callbacks(memcached_st *ptr,
                                  const sasl_callback_t *callbacks)

const sasl_callback_t *memcached_get_sasl_callbacks(memcached_st *ptr)

memcached_return memcached_set_sasl_auth_data(memcached_st *ptr,
                                              const char *username,
                                              const char *password)
memcached_return memcached_destroy_sasl_auth_data(memcached_st *ptr)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

libmemcached(3) lets you plug in your own callbacks function that libsasl uses to do its SASL authentication thing. it's giving customizable. it's giving icon behavior. ✨

🚨 IMPORTANT VIBE CHECK: SASL requires the memcached binary protocol, and you have to specify the callbacks before you connect to the server. like, before. don't be late to this. 💀

memcached_set_sasl_auth_data() is a lil helper function that defines the basic functionality for you 🥰 — but heads up, it will store the username and password in memory. so if you go that route, you have to call memcached_destroy_sasl_auth_data before calling memcached_free, or you get a memory leak and that's not the vibe, that's giving leaky. 😭

⚠️ also: you should NOT call memcached_destroy_sasl_auth_data if you specified your own callback function with memcached_set_sasl_callbacks(). don't do it!! not the move!! 🙈

and ngl, there's homework on your side, bestie — you as the client user have to initialize libsasl by using sasl_client_init before enabling it in libmemcached, and you have to shut down libsasl by calling sasl_done() when you're done using SASL from libmemcached. 🧚 both ends. periodt.

🎀 RETURN 🎀

  • memcached_get_sasl_callbacks() — returns the callbacks currently used by this memcached handle. 👑
  • memcached_get_sasl_set_auth_data() — returns MEMCACHED_SUCCESS upon success. slay. ✅

🌈 HOME 🌈

to find out more information please check: <http://libmemcached.org/> — literally the mothership. 🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Trond Norbye, <trond.norbye@gmail.com> 💜

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

and that's the whole page, bestie — written for perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-19, filed under Memcac...ed_sasl(3pm). 💖✨🎀

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