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.TH "gss_compare_name" 3 "1.0.3" "gss" "gss"
.SH NAME
gss_compare_name \- API function
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <gss.h>
.sp
.BI "OM_uint32 gss_compare_name(OM_uint32 * " minor_status ", const gss_name_t " name1 ", const gss_name_t " name2 ", int * " name_equal ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "OM_uint32 * minor_status" 12
(Integer, modify) Mechanism specific status code.
.IP "const gss_name_t name1" 12
(gss_name_t, read) Internal\-form name.
.IP "const gss_name_t name2" 12
(gss_name_t, read) Internal\-form name.
.IP "int * name_equal" 12
(boolean, modify) Non\-zero \- names refer to same
  entity. Zero \- names refer to different entities (strictly, the
  names are not known to refer to the same identity).
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Allows an application to compare two internal\-form names to
determine whether they refer to the same entity.

If either name presented to gss_compare_name denotes an anonymous
principal, the routines should indicate that the two names do not
refer to the same identity.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"

`GSS_S_COMPLETE`: Successful completion.

`GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE`: The two names were of incomparable types.

`GSS_S_BAD_NAME`: One or both of name1 or name2 was ill\-formed.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-gss@gnu.org>.
GNU Generic Security Service home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/
General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2003-2013 Simon Josefsson.
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Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B gss
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B gss
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info gss
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.