+ *ret= rc;
+
+ return memcached_success(rc);
+}
+
+bool libmemcached_util_ping2(const char *hostname, in_port_t port, const char *username, const char *password, memcached_return_t *ret)
+{
+ if (username == NULL)
+ {
+ return libmemcached_util_ping(hostname, port, ret);
+ }
+
+ memcached_return_t unused;
+ if (not ret)
+ ret= &unused;
+
+ if (LIBMEMCACHED_WITH_SASL_SUPPORT == 0)
+ {
+ *ret= MEMCACHED_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ memcached_st *memc_ptr= memcached_create(NULL);
+ if (not memc_ptr)
+ {
+ *ret= MEMCACHED_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILURE;
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ if (memcached_failed(*ret= memcached_set_sasl_auth_data(memc_ptr, username, password)))