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gss_import_name (3gss)

Name

gss_import_name - convert a contiguous string name to GSS_API internal format

Synopsis

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

OM_uint32 gss_import_name(OM_uint32 * minor_status,
const gss_buffer_t input_name_buffer, const gss_OID input_name_type,
gss_name_t *output_name);

Description

Generic Security Services API Library Functions          gss_import_name(3gss)



NAME
       gss_import_name  - convert a contiguous string name to GSS_API internal
       format

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

       OM_uint32 gss_import_name(OM_uint32 * minor_status,
            const gss_buffer_t input_name_buffer, const gss_OID input_name_type,
            gss_name_t *output_name);


DESCRIPTION
       The gss_import_name() function converts a  contiguous  string  name  to
       internal  form.  In general, the internal name returned by means of the
       output_name parameter will not be a mechanism name;  the  exception  to
       this  is  if  the  input_name_type indicates that the contiguous string
       provided by  means  of  the  input_name_buffer  parameter  is  of  type
       GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME, in which case, the returned internal name will be
       a mechanism name for the mechanism that exported the name.

PARAMETERS
       The parameter descriptions for gss_import_name() follow:

       minor_status         Status code returned by the underlying mechanism.


       input_name_buffer    The gss_buffer_desc structure containing the  name
                            to be imported.


       input_name_type      A  gss_OID  that  specifies  the  format  that the
                            input_name_buffer is in.


       output_name          The gss_name_t structure to receive  the  returned
                            name  in  internal  form.  Storage associated with
                            this name must be freed by the  application  after
                            use with a call to gss_release_name().


ERRORS
       The gss_import_name() function may return the following status codes:

       GSS_S_COMPLETE        The gss_import_name() function completed success-
                             fully.


       GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE    The input_name_type was unrecognized.


       GSS_S_BAD_NAME        The input_name parameter could not be interpreted
                             as a name of the specified type.


       GSS_S_BAD_MECH        The input_name_type was GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME, but
                             the mechanism contained within the input_name  is
                             not supported.


       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(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:




       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level                     |Safe                         |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |    ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+------------------------+
       |Availability   | security/kerberos-5    |
       +---------------+------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through committed |
       +---------------+------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       gss_release_buffer(3GSS), attributes(7)


NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source      was      downloaded      from       http://web.mit.edu/ker-
       beros/dist/krb5/1.18/krb5-1.18.4.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/.



Solaris 11.4                      22 Aug 2011            gss_import_name(3gss)