my_bool mysql_ssl_set(MYSQL *mysql, const char *key,
const char *cert, const char *ca, const char *capath, const char
*cipher)
Description
mysql_ssl_set()
is used for
establishing secure connections using SSL. It must be called
before mysql_real_connect()
.
mysql_ssl_set()
does nothing
unless SSL support is enabled in the client library.
mysql
is the connection handler returned from
mysql_init()
. The other
parameters are specified as follows:
key
is the path name to the key file.cert
is the path name to the certificate file.ca
is the path name to the certificate authority file.capath
is the path name to a directory that contains trusted SSL CA certificates in pem format.cipher
is a list of permissible ciphers to use for SSL encryption.
Any unused SSL parameters may be given as
NULL
.
Return Values
This function always returns 0
. If SSL setup
is incorrect,
mysql_real_connect()
returns an
error when you attempt to connect.