gss_inquire_names_for_mech(3GSS)

Name

gss_inquire_names_for_mech - list the name-types supported by the specified mechanism

Synopsis

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

OM_uint32 gss_inquire_names_for_mech(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
     const gss_OID mechanism,gss_OID_set *name_types);

Description

The gss_inquire_names_for_mech() function returns the set of name-types supported by the specified mechanism.

Parameters

The parameter descriptions for gss_inquire_names_for_mech() follow:

minor_status

A mechanism-specific status code.

mechanism

The mechanism to be interrogated.

name_types

Set of name-types supported by the specified mechanism. The returned OID set must be freed by the application after use with a call to gss_release_oid_set(3GSS).

Errors

The gss_inquire_names_for_mech() function may return the following values:

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)

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