RPC_GSS_MECH_TO_OID(3) BSD Library Functions Manual RPC_GSS_MECH_TO_OID(3)
NAME
rpc_gss_mech_to_oid -- Convert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid
LIBRARY
RPC GSS-API Authentication Library (librpcsec_gss, -lrpcsec_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), rpcset_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 <dfr@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD
January 26, 2010 BSD
