You can look in the /etc/gss/mech file to see which mechanisms are available; /etc/gss/mech contains their names in both numerical and alphabetic form. /etc/gss/mech presents the information in this format: the mechanism name, in ASCII; the mechanism's OID; the shared library implementing the services provided by this mechanism; and, optionally, the kernel module implementing the service. A sample /etc/gss/mech might look like Example C–1.
# # Copyright (c) 2000, by Sun Microsystems, Inc. # All rights reserved. # #ident "@(#)mech 1.6 00/12/04 SMI" # # This file contains the GSS-API based security mechanism names, # its object identifier (OID) and a shared library that implements # the services for that mechanism under GSS-API. # # Mechanism Name Object Identifier Shared Library Kernel Module # 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 kerberos_v5 1.2.840.113554.1.2.2 gl/mech_krb5.so gl_kmech_krb5