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UPSCLI_INIT(3)
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NAME
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upscli_init - Initialize upsclient module specifying security properties.
SYNOPSIS
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#include <upsclient.h>
int upscli_init(int certverify, const char *certpath,
const char *certname, const char *certpasswd);
DESCRIPTION
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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 linkman:upscli_add_host_cert[3] to register specific host
security policy before initialize connections to them.
You must call linkman:upscli_cleanup[3] when exiting application.
RETURN VALUE
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The *upscli_init()* function returns 1 on success, or -1 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
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linkman:upscli_add_host_cert[3], linkman:upscli_cleanup[3],
linkman:upscli_disconnect[3], linkman:upscli_fd[3],
linkman:upscli_splitaddr[3], linkman:upscli_splitname[3],
linkman:upscli_ssl[3], linkman:upscli_strerror[3],
linkman:upscli_upserror[3]