blob: generate a blob out of a string

diff --git a/lib/util/data_blob.h b/lib/util/data_blob.h
index 09a9292aeda0c99a8ea234eaaaedb17f6b0bf747..f214e266fd791b138829d6cf2e2d5b1fa2ac86f5 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/util/data_blob.h
+++ b/lib/util/data_blob.h
@@ -132,4 +132,6 @@ _PUBLIC_ bool data_blob_append(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, DATA_BLOB *blob,
 
 extern const DATA_BLOB data_blob_null;
 
+#define STRING_TO_BLOB(x) ((DATA_BLOB){discard_const_p(uint8_t, x), sizeof(x) - 1})
+
 #endif /* _SAMBA_DATABLOB_H_ */