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RPC_GSS_MECH_TO_OID(3) Library Functions Manual RPC_GSS_MECH_TO_OID(3)

NAME

rpc_gss_mech_to_oidConvert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid

SYNOPSIS

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t
rpc_gss_mech_to_oid(const char *mech, gss_OID *oid_ret);

DESCRIPTION

This function returns the GSS OID associated with the GSS_API mechanism "mech".

PARAMETERS

mech
The name of a GSS_API mechanism. "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported mechanism.
oid_ret
Buffer in which to place the returned OID

RETURN VALUES

If the GSS_API mechanism name is recognized, TRUE is returned. The corresponding GSS-API oid is returned in *oid_ret. Otherwise FALSE is returned and *oid_ret is left untouched.

AVAILABILITY

The () function is part of libtirpc.

SEE ALSO

rpc(3), gssapi(3), rpcsec_gss(3)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson ⟨dfr@FreeBSD.org⟩.

January 26, 2010 Debian