freebsd man page for gss_release_cred

GSS_RELEASE_CRED(3)						Programmer's Manual					       GSS_RELEASE_CRED(3)

NAME
     gss_release_cred -- Discard a credential handle

SYNOPSIS
     #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

     OM_uint32
     gss_release_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle);

DESCRIPTION
     Informs GSS-API that the specified credential handle is no longer required by the application, and frees associated resources.  Implementa-
     tions are encouraged to set the cred_handle to GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL on successful completion of this call.

PARAMETERS
     minor_status  Mechanism specific status code.

     cred_handle   Opaque handle identifying credential to be released.  If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is supplied, the routine will complete success-
		   fully, but will do nothing.

RETURN VALUES
     GSS_S_COMPLETE  Successful completion

     GSS_S_NO_CRED   Credentials could not be accessed

STANDARDS
     RFC 2743  Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1

     RFC 2744  Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings

HISTORY
     The gss_release_cred function first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS
     John Wray, Iris Associates

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