gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(3) Library Functions Manual gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(3)NAME
gss_inquire_mechs_for_name() - list the mechanisms that support the specified name-type
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
The routine returns the set of mechanisms supported by the GSS-API implementation that may be able to process the specified name.
Input Parameters
input_name The name to which the inquiry relates.
Output Parameters
mech_types Set of mechanisms that may support the specified name. The value of is a pointer to a static storage and should be
treated as read-only by the context initiator.
minor_status Returns a status code from the security mechanism.
STATUS CODES
The following status codes can be returned:
The routine was completed successfully.
The input_name parameter was ill-formed.
The input_name parameter contained an invalid or unsupported type of name.
AUTHOR
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SEE ALSO
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gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(3GSS) Generic Security Services API Library Functions gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(3GSS)NAME
gss_inquire_mechs_for_name - list mechanisms that support the specified name-type
SYNOPSIS
cc [flag ...] file... -lgss [library ...]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status, const gss_name_t input_name, gss_OID_set *mech_types);
DESCRIPTION
The gss_inquire_mechs_for_name() function returns the set of mechanisms supported by the GSS-API that may be able to process the specified
name. Each mechanism returned will recognize at least one element within the internal name.
Some implementations of the GSS-API may perform this test by checking nametype information contained within the passed name and registra-
tion information provided by individual mechanisms. This means that the mech_types set returned by the function may indicate that a par-
ticular mechanism will understand the name, when in fact the mechanism would refuse to accept the name as input to gss_canonical-
ize_name(3GSS), gss_init_sec_context(3GSS), gss_acquire_cred(3GSS), or gss_add_cred(3GSS), due to some property of the name itself rather
than the name-type. Therefore, this function should be used only as a pre-filter for a call to a subsequent mechanism-specific function.
PARAMETERS
The parameter descriptions for gss_inquire_mechs_for_name() follow in alphabetical order:
minor_status Mechanism-specific status code.
input_name The name to which the inquiry relates.
mech_types Set of mechanisms that may support the specified name. The returned OID set must be freed by the caller after use
with a call to gss_release_oid_set(3GSS).
ERRORS
The gss_inquire_mechs_for_name() function may return the following status codes:
GSS_S_COMPLETE Successful completion.
GSS_S_BAD_NAME The input_name parameter was ill-formed.
GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE The input_name parameter contained an invalid or unsupported type of name.
GSS_S_FAILURE The underlying mechanism detected an error for which no specific GSS status code is defined. The mechanism-spe-
cific status 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 gss_acquire_cred(3GSS), gss_add_cred(3GSS), gss_canonicalize_name(3GSS), gss_init_sec_context(3GSS), gss_release_oid_set(3GSS),
attributes(5)
Solaris Security for Developers Guide
SunOS 5.10 15 Jan 2003 gss_inquire_mechs_for_name(3GSS)