Reference

rpc_gss_oid_to_mech(3)

Convert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid

NAME

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

LIBRARY

library “librpcsec_gss”

SYNOPSIS

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t

rpc_gss_oid_to_mech(gss_OID oid, const char **mech_ret);

DESCRIPTION

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

PARAMETERS

oid

The mechanism oid to search for

mech_ret

If the mechanism is found, the corresponding mechanism name is returned in *mech_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_oid_to_mech function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS

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

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