gss_inquire_mechs_for_name - list mechanisms that support the specified name-type
cc [flag ...] file... -lgss [library ...] #include <gssapi/gssapi.h> OM_uint32 gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status, const gss_name_t input_name,gss_OID_set *mech_types);
Generic Security Services API Library Functions
gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(3gss)
NAME
gss_inquire_mechs_for_name - list mechanisms that support the specified
name-type
SYNOPSIS
cc [flag ...] file... -lgss [library ...]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
const gss_name_t input_name,gss_OID_set *mech_types);
DESCRIPTION
The gss_inquire_mechs_for_name() function returns the set of mechanisms
supported by the GSS-API that may be able to process the specified
name. Each mechanism returned will recognize at least one element
within the internal name.
Some implementations of the GSS-API may perform this test by checking
nametype information contained within the passed name and registration
information provided by individual mechanisms. This means that the
mech_types set returned by the function may indicate that a particular
mechanism will understand the name, when in fact the mechanism would
refuse to accept the name as input to gss_canonicalize_name(3GSS),
gss_init_sec_context(3GSS), gss_acquire_cred(3GSS), or
gss_add_cred(3GSS), due to some property of the name itself rather than
the name-type. Therefore, this function should be used only as a pre-
filter for a call to a subsequent mechanism-specific function.
PARAMETERS
The parameter descriptions for gss_inquire_mechs_for_name() follow in
alphabetical order:
minor_status Mechanism-specific status code.
input_name The name to which the inquiry relates.
mech_types Set of mechanisms that may support the specified name.
The returned OID set must be freed by the caller after
use with a call to gss_release_oid_set(3GSS).
ERRORS
The gss_inquire_mechs_for_name() function may return the following sta-
tus codes:
GSS_S_COMPLETE Successful completion.
GSS_S_BAD_NAME The input_name parameter was ill-formed.
GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE The input_name parameter contained an invalid or
unsupported type of name.
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_acquire_cred(3GSS), gss_add_cred(3GSS), gss_canonical-
ize_name(3GSS), gss_init_sec_context(3GSS), gss_release_oid_set(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_inquire_mechs_for_name(3gss)