---
name: "gnutls_x509_crl_get_issuer_dn_by_oid"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "gnutls"
version: "3.8.13-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gnutls_x509_crl_get_issuer_dn_by_oid"
---

# gnutls\_x509\_crl\_get\_issuer\_dn\_by\_oid(3)

API function

## NAME

gnutls\_x509\_crl\_get\_issuer\_dn\_by\_oid - API function

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<gnutls/x509.h\>**

**int gnutls\_x509\_crl\_get\_issuer\_dn\_by\_oid(gnutls\_x509\_crl\_t** *crl***, const char \*** *oid***, unsigned** *indx***, unsigned int** *raw\_flag***, void \*** *buf***, size\_t \*** *sizeof\_buf***);**

## ARGUMENTS

- gnutls\_x509\_crl\_t crl

  should contain a gnutls\_x509\_crl\_t type

- const char \* oid

  holds an Object Identified in null terminated string

- unsigned indx

  In case multiple same OIDs exist in the RDN, this specifies which to send. Use (0) to get the first one.

- unsigned int raw\_flag

  If non-zero returns the raw DER data of the DN part.

- void \* buf

  a pointer to a structure to hold the peer's name (may be null)

- size\_t \* sizeof\_buf

  initially holds the size of  *buf*

## DESCRIPTION

This function will extract the part of the name of the CRL issuer specified by the given OID. The output will be encoded as described in RFC4514. The output string will be ASCII or UTF-8 encoded, depending on the certificate data.

Some helper macros with popular OIDs can be found in gnutls/x509.h If raw flag is (0), this function will only return known OIDs as text. Other OIDs will be DER encoded, as described in RFC4514 -- in hex format with a '#' prefix.  You can check about known OIDs using **gnutls\_x509\_dn\_oid\_known()**.

If buf is null then only the size will be filled.

## RETURNS

**GNUTLS\_E\_SHORT\_MEMORY\_BUFFER** if the provided buffer is not long enough, and in that case the sizeof\_buf will be updated with the required size, and 0 on success.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to \<bugs@gnutls.org\>.\
 Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc., and others.\
 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **gnutls** is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit

- https://www.gnutls.org/manual/