UPSCLI_INIT(3) NUT Manual UPSCLI_INIT(3)NAMEupscli_init - Initialize upsclient module specifying security
properties.
SYNOPSIS
#include <upsclient.h>
int upscli_init(int certverify, const char *certpath,
const char *certname, const char *certpasswd);
DESCRIPTION
The upscli_init() function initialize upsclient module and set many
SSL-related properties: certverify to 1 makes certificate verification
required for all SSL connections and certpath is the location of
certificate database.
If compiled with OpenSSL, certpath refers to a .pem file containing
certificates and if compiled with NSS, certpath refers to a directory
containing database files.
If compiled with NSS and using SSL, you can specify certname the name
of the certificate to send to upsd and certpasswd the password used to
decrypt certificate private key.
You can call upscli_add_host_cert(3) to register specific host security
policy before initialize connections to them.
You must call upscli_cleanup(3) when exiting application.
RETURN VALUE
The upscli_init() function returns 1 on success, or -1 if an error
occurs.
SEE ALSOupscli_add_host_cert(3), upscli_cleanup(3), upscli_disconnect(3),
upscli_fd(3), upscli_splitaddr(3), upscli_splitname(3), upscli_ssl(3),
upscli_strerror(3), upscli_upserror(3)Network UPS Tools 2.7.3 04/17/2015 UPSCLI_INIT(3)
