---
name: "Authen::Krb5::AuthContext"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libauthen-krb5-perl"
version: "1.906-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Authen::Krb5::AuthContext"
---

# Authen::Krb5::AuthContext(3pm)

Kerberos 5 auth\_context object.

## NAME

Authen::Krb5::AuthContext - Kerberos 5 auth\_context object.

## VERSION

version 1.906

## METHODS

### new()

Allocates memory for a new Authen::Krb5::AuthContext object and returns it.

### "setaddrs(localaddr,remoteaddr)"

Sets the local and remote addresses for the AuthContext object.  'localaddr' and 'remoteaddr' are Authen::Krb5::Address objects, usually of type ADDRTYPE\_INET.

### getaddrs()

Returns a list containing the local and the remote address of the AuthContext object.

### setrcache(rc)

Sets the replay cache for auth\_context.  'rc' is a Authen::Krb5::Rcache object generated by get\_server\_rcache.

### getkey()

Retrieves the session key as an Authen::Krb5::KeyBlock object.

## AUTHOR

Jeff Horwitz \<jeff@smashing.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2000 by Jeff Horwitz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.