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gss_release_name (3gss)

Name

gss_release_name - form name

Synopsis

cc [flag ...] file... -lgss [library ...]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

OM_uint32 gss_release_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_name_t *name);

Description

Generic Security Services API Library Functions         gss_release_name(3gss)



NAME
       gss_release_name - discard an internal-form name

SYNOPSIS
       cc [flag ...] file... -lgss [library ...]
       #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

       OM_uint32 gss_release_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_name_t *name);


DESCRIPTION
       The gss_release_name() function frees GSS-API-allocated storage associ-
       ated with an internal-form name.  The name is set to  GSS_C_NO_NAME  on
       successful completion of this call.

PARAMETERS
       The parameter descriptions for gss_release_name() follow:

       minor_status    A mechanism-specific status code.


       name            The name to be deleted.


ERRORS
       The gss_release_name() function may return the following status codes:

       GSS_S_COMPLETE    Successful completion.


       GSS_S_BAD_NAME    The name parameter did not contain a valid name.


       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_name(3gss)