rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3) [freebsd man page]

RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3)				   BSD Library Functions Manual 				  RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3)

NAME

     rpc_gss_get_mech_info -- Get extra information about a security mechanism

LIBRARY

     RPC GSS-API Authentication Library (librpcsec_gss, -lrpcsec_gss)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

     const char **
     rpc_gss_get_mech_info(const char *mech, rpc_gss_service_t *service);

DESCRIPTION

     This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file /etc/gss/mech and queries it for its capabilities.

PARAMETERS

     mech     The mechanism to search for

     service  If the mechanism is found, the maximum supported service type is returned in *service

RETURN VALUES

     If the mechanism is found, a list of the supported qualities of protection is returned, otherwise NULL.

SEE ALSO

     gssapi(3), rpc(3), rpcset_gss(3)

HISTORY

     The rpc_gss_get_mech_info function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>.

BSD
								 January 26, 2010							       BSD

MECH(5) 						      BSD File Formats Manual							   MECH(5)

NAME

     mech, qop -- GSS-API Mechanism and QOP files

SYNOPSIS

     /etc/gss/mech /etc/gss/qop

DESCRIPTION

     The /etc/gss/mech file contains a list of installed GSS-API security mechanisms.  Each line of the file either contains a comment if the
     first character is '#' or it contains five fields with the following meanings:

     Name		The name of this GSS-API mechanism.

     Object identifier	The OID for this mechanism.

     Library		A shared library containing the implementation of this mechanism.

     Kernel module	Optional kernel module containing the implementation of this mechanism (not yet supported in FreeBSD).

     Library options	Optional parameters interpreted by the mechanism. Library options must be enclosed in brackets ([ ]) to differentiate them
			from the optional kernel module entry.

     The first mechanism listed in /etc/gss/mech is the default mechanism.  This mechanism will be used by gss_init_sec_context(3) if the user
     doesn't specify a specific mechanism.

     The /etc/gss/qop file contains a list of Quality of Protection values for use with GSS-API.  Each line of the file either contains a comment
     if the first character is '#' or it contains three fields with the following meanings:

     QOP string      The name of this Quality of Protection algorithm.

     QOP value	     The numeric value used to select this algorithm for use with GSS-API functions such as gss_get_mic(3).

     Mechanism name  The GSS-API mechanism name that corresponds to this algorithm.

EXAMPLES

     This is a typical entry from /etc/gss/mech:

     kerberosv5      1.2.840.113554.1.2.2    /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.8    -

     This is a typical entry from /etc/gss/qop:

     GSS_KRB5_CONF_C_QOP_DES	     0x0100  kerberosv5

HISTORY

     The mech manual page first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>.

BSD
								 January 26, 2010							       BSD