gss_release_cred - discard a credential handle
cc [ flag... ] file... -lgss [ library... ] #include <gssapi/gssapi.h> OM_uint32 gss_release_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle);
Generic Security Services API Library Functions gss_release_cred(3gss)
NAME
gss_release_cred - discard a credential handle
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lgss [ library... ]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_release_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle);
DESCRIPTION
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.
PARAMETERS
The parameter descriptions for gss_release_cred() follow:
minor_status A mechanism specific status code.
cred_handle 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.
ERRORS
gss_release_cred() may return the following status codes:
GSS_S_COMPLETE Successful completion.
GSS_S_NO_CRED The referenced credentials cannot be accessed.
GSS_S_FAILURE The underlying mechanism detected an error for which
no specific GSS status code is defined. The mecha-
nism-specific status code reported by means of the
minor_status parameter details the error condition.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Availability | security/kerberos-5 |
+---------------+------------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through committed |
+---------------+------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(7)
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://web.mit.edu/ker-
beros/dist/krb5/1.18/krb5-1.18.4.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/.
Solaris 11.4 22 Aug 2011 gss_release_cred(3gss)