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gss_indicate_mechs(3GSS)

Name

gss_indicate_mechs - determine available security mechanisms

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –lgss  [ library... ] 
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

OM_uint32 gss_indicate_mechs(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
     gss_OID_set  *mech_set);

Description

The gss_indicate_mechs() function enables an application to determine available underlying security mechanisms.

Parameters

The parameter descriptions for gss_indicate_mechs() follow:

minor_status

A mechanism-specific status code.

mech_set

Set of supported mechanisms. The returned gss_OID_set value will be a dynamically-allocated OID set that should be released by the caller after use with a call to gss_release_oid_set(3GSS).

Errors

The gss_indicate_mechs() function may return the following status codes:

GSS_S_COMPLETE

Successful completion.

GSS_S_FAILURE

The underlying mechanism detected an error for which no specific GSS status code is defined. The mechanism-specific status code reported by means of the minor_status parameter details the error condition.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-Level
Safe

See also

gss_release_oid_set(3GSS), attributes (5)

Developer’s Guide to Oracle Solaris 11 Security