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rpc_gss_mech_to_oid(3)

Convert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid

NAME

rpc_gss_mech_to_oid – Convert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid

LIBRARY

library “librpcsec_gss”

SYNOPSIS

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t

rpc_gss_mech_to_oid(const char *mech, gss_OID *oid_ret);

DESCRIPTION

This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file /etc/gss/mech.

PARAMETERS

mech

The mechanism name to search for

oid_ret

If the mechanism is found, the corresponding GSS-API oid is returned in *oid_ret

RETURN VALUES

If the mechanism is found, TRUE is returned, otherwise FALSE.

SEE ALSO

gssapi(3), rpc(3), rpcsec_gss(3)

HISTORY

The rpc_gss_mech_to_oid function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson ⟨[email protected]⟩.

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