RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO

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NAME

rpc_gss_get_mech_info - Get Quality of Protection information for a security mechanism  

SYNOPSIS

In rpc/rpcsec_gss.h Ft const char ** Fn rpc_gss_get_mech_info const char *mech rpc_gss_service_t *service  

DESCRIPTION

This function returns the list of QOP names supported by the GSS_API mechanism named "mech".  

PARAMETERS

mech
The name of a GSS_API mechanism. "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported mechanism.
service
Buffer in which maximum service type is planted

 

RETURN VALUES

If the named GSS_API mechanism is recognized, a list of the supported Qualities of Protection is returned. The maximum supported service type for the mechanism is returned in Fa *service . Otherwise NULL is returned.

Note: The returned QOP list is statically allocated memory. The caller must not free this array.  

AVAILABILITY

The Fn rpc_gss_get_mech_info function is part of libtirpc.  

SEE ALSO

rpc(3), gssapi(3), rpcsec_gss3  

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org .


 

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