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krb5_expand_hostname_realms(3)

Kerberos 5 host name canonicalization functions

NAME

krb5_expand_hostname, krb5_expand_hostname_realms – Kerberos 5 host name canonicalization functions

LIBRARY

Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)

SYNOPSIS

#include <krb5.h>

krb5_error_code

krb5_expand_hostname(krb5_context context, const char *orig_hostname, char **new_hostname);

krb5_error_code

krb5_expand_hostname_realms(krb5_context context, const char *orig_hostname, char **new_hostname, char ***realms);

DESCRIPTION

krb5_expand_hostname() tries to make orig_hostname into a more canonical one in the newly allocated space returned in new_hostname. Caller must free the hostname with free(3).

krb5_expand_hostname_realms() expands orig_hostname to a name we believe to be a hostname in newly allocated space in new_hostname and return the realms new_hostname is belive to belong to in realms. Realms is a array terminated with NULL. Caller must free the realms with krb5_free_host_realm() and new_hostname with free(3).

SEE ALSO

krb5(3), krb5_free_host_realm(3), krb5_get_host_realm(3), kerberos(8)

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