gss_release_buffer(3GSS)			  Generic Security Services API Library Functions			  gss_release_buffer(3GSS)

NAME

       gss_release_buffer - free buffer storage allocated by a GSS-API function

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -lgss  [ library... ]
       #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

       OM_uint32 gss_release_buffer(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_buffer_tbuffer);

DESCRIPTION

	The  gss_release_buffer()  function frees buffer storage allocated by a GSS-API function. The gss_release_buffer() function also zeros the
       length field in the descriptor to which the buffer parameter refers, while the GSS-API function sets the pointer field in the descriptor to
       NULL.  Any  buffer  object  returned by a GSS-API function may be passed to gss_release_buffer(), even if no storage is associated with the
       buffer.

PARAMETERS

       The parameter descriptions for gss_release_buffer() follow:

       minor_status    Mechanism-specific status code.

       buffer	       The storage associated with the buffer will be deleted.	The gss_buffer_desc() object  will  not  be  freed;  however,  its
		       length field will be zeroed.

ERRORS

       The gss_release_buffer() function may return the following status codes:

       GSS_S_COMPLETE	 Successful completion

       GSS_S_FAILURE	 The underlying mechanism detected an error for which no specific GSS status code is defined.  The mechanism-specific sta-
			 tus code reported by means of the minor_status parameter details the error condition.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgss (32-bit)		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |			     |SUNWgssx (64-bit) 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

       Solaris Security for Developers Guide

SunOS 5.11							    15 Jan 2003 					  gss_release_buffer(3GSS)