createMechOid()

This function is shown for completeness' sake. Normally, you should use the default mechanism (specified by GSS_C_NULL_OID).

Example A–10 createMechOid()

gss_OID createMechOid(const char *mechStr)
{
        gss_buffer_desc mechDesc;
        gss_OID mechOid;
        OM_uint32 minor;

        if (mechStr == NULL)
                return (GSS_C_NULL_OID);

        mechDesc.length = strlen(mechStr);
        mechDesc.value = (void *) mechStr;

        if (gss_str_to_oid(&minor, &mechDesc, &mechOid) !
= GSS_S_COMPLETE) {
                fprintf(stderr, "Invalid mechanism oid specified <%s>",
                                mechStr);
                return (GSS_C_NULL_OID);
        }

        return (mechOid);
}