# sasl_usererr - Remove information leak about accounts from sasl error codes

## Synopsis

    #include <sasl/sasl.h>

    static int sasl_usererr(int saslerr)

## Description

int sasl_usererr(int saslerr)

  sasl_usererr is called to hide any potential data leaks to a client, by preventing a client from discovering if a username exists or if a user exists but the password is wrong.

  Parameters:

    - saslerr – specifies the error number to convert.

  This function should be called before calling sasl_errstring(3) or sasl_errdetail(3) if information is being passed to a client.

## Return Value

Returns a client-safe error code.

## See Also

RFC 4422,:saslman:sasl(3), sasl_errdetail(3), sasl_errors(3), sasl_errstring(3)