The /etc/gss/mech file lists the mechanisms that are available. /etc/gss/mech contains the names in both the numerical format and the alphabetic form. /etc/gss/mech presents the information in this format:
Mechanism name, in ASCII
Mechanism's OID
Shared library for implementing the services that are provided by this mechanism
Optionally, the kernel module for implementing the service
A sample /etc/gss/mech might look like Example C–1.
# # Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. # Use is subject to license terms. # #ident "@(#)mech 1.12 03/10/20 SMI" # # This file contains the GSS-API based security mechanism names, # the associated object identifiers (OID) and a shared library that # implements the services for the mechanisms under GSS-API. # # Mechanism Name Object Identifier Shared Library Kernel Module [Options] # kerberos_v5 1.2.840.113554.1.2.2 mech_krb5.so kmech_krb5 spnego 1.3.6.1.5.5.2 mech_spnego.so.1 [msinterop] diffie_hellman_640_0 1.3.6.4.1.42.2.26.2.4 dh640-0.so.1 diffie_hellman_1024_0 1.3.6.4.1.42.2.26.2.5 dh1024-0.so.1