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cc -flag … file …-lgss [library …] #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>OM_uint32 gss_release_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle);
The gss_release_cred() function informs the GSS-API that the specified credential handle is no longer required by the application and frees the associated resources. The cred_handle parameter is set to GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL when this call completes successfully.
The parameter descriptions for gss_release_cred() follow:
A mechanism specific status code.
An opaque handle that identifies the credential to be released. If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is specified, the gss_release_cred() function will complete successfully, but it will do nothing.
gss_release_cred() may return the following status codes:
Successful completion.
The referenced credentials cannot be accessed.
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.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE |
ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
---|---|
Availability |
SUNWgss (32–bit) |
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SUNWgssx (64–bit) |
MT-Level |
Safe |
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