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.TH GSS "1" "October 2014" "gss 1.0.3" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
gss \- Generic Security Service command line interface
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gss
\fI\,OPTIONS\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Command line interface to GSS, used to explain error codes.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version and exit.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\-mechanisms\fR
List information about supported mechanisms
in a human readable format.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-major\fR=\fI\,LONG\/\fR
Describe a `major status' error code value.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-accept\-sec\-context\fR[=\fI\,MECH\/\fR]
Accept a security context as server.
If MECH is not specified, no credentials
will be acquired.  Use "*" to use library
default mechanism.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-init\-sec\-context\fR=\fI\,MECH\/\fR
Initialize a security context as client.
MECH is the SASL name of mechanism, use \fB\-l\fR
to list supported mechanisms.
.TP
\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-server\-name\fR=\fI\,SERVICE\/\fR@HOSTNAME
For \fB\-i\fR and \fB\-a\fR, set the name of the remote host.
For example, "imap@mail.example.com".
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Silent operation (default=off).
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Simon Josefsson.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-gss@gnu.org
.br
GNU Generic Security Service home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2014 Simon Josefsson.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.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.