DB_ENV->set_encrypt()

DB_ENV->set_encrypt()
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#include <db.h>

int
DB_ENV->set_encrypt(DB_ENV *dbenv, const char *passwd, u_int32_t flags);

Set the password used by the Berkeley DB library to perform encryption and decryption.

The DB_ENV->set_encrypt() method configures a database environment, not only operations performed using the specified DB_ENV handle.

The DB_ENV->set_encrypt() method may not be called after the DB_ENV->open() method is called. If the database environment already exists when DB_ENV->open() is called, the information specified to DB_ENV->set_encrypt() must be consistent with the existing environment or an error will be returned.

The DB_ENV->set_encrypt() method returns a non-zero error value on failure and 0 on success.

Parameters

passwd

The passwd parameter is the password used to perform encryption and decryption.

flags

The flags parameter must be set to 0 or the following value:

DB_ENCRYPT_AES

Use the Rijndael/AES (also known as the Advanced Encryption Standard and Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 197) algorithm for encryption or decryption.

Errors

The DB_ENV->set_encrypt() method may fail and return one of the following non-zero errors:

EINVAL

If the method was called after DB_ENV->open() was called; or if an invalid flag value or parameter was specified.

EOPNOTSUPP

Cryptography is not available in this Berkeley DB release.

Class

DB_ENV

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