The /etc/gss/mech File

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.

Example C–1 The /etc/gss/mech File

# 
# 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