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NAME

       mech, qop - security mechanism and quality of protection (QOP) files

SYNOPSIS


DESCRIPTION

       The  and files contain tables showing installed security mechanisms and the Quality of Protection (QOP) associated with them, respectively.
       These files are accessed by GSS-API calls; see gssapi(5).

       As security mechanisms are installed on the system, entries are added to these two files.

       Contents of these files may be accessed either manually or programmatically; for example, manually with cat(1) or more(1), or  programmati-
       cally with either rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3N) or rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3N).

   /etc/gss/mech
       The file contains these fields:

	      mechanism name	  ASCII string representing the mechanism.

	      object identifier   OID for this mechanism.

	      shared library	  Shared library which implements the services provided by this mechanism.

	      kernel module	  Kernel module which implements the services provided by this mechanism.

   /etc/gss/qop
       The file contains these fields:

	      QOP string	Name, in ASCII, of this Quality of Protection.

	      QOP value 	Numeric value by which QOP can be identified.

	      mechanism name	ASCII string representing the mechanism with which this QOP is associated.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: A Typical Entry in

       Example 2: A Typical Entry in

AUTHOR

       and were developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO

       rpc(3N), rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3N), rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3N), rpcsec_gss(3N), gssapi(5).

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mech(4) 							   File Formats 							   mech(4)

NAME

       mech, qop - mechanism and QOP files

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       The  /etc/gss/mech  and /etc/gss/qop files contain tables showing installed security mechanisms and the Quality of Protection (QOP) associ-
       ated with them, respectively. As security mechanisms are installed on the system, entries are added to these two files. Contents  of  these
       files  may  be accessed either manually or programmatically. For example, manually with cat(1)  or more(1), or programmatically with either
       rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3NSL) or rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3NSL).

       The /etc/gss/mech file contains five fields:

       mechanism name

	   ASCII string representing the mechanism.

       object identifier

	   RPC OID for this mechanism.

       shared library

	   Shared library which implements the services provided by this mechanism.

       kernel module

	   Kernel module which implements the services provided by this mechanism.

       library options (optional field)

	   Optional parameters that are interpreted by the individual mechanism with which they are associated.  Specific  supported  options  are
	   described  in  the documentation for the individual mechanism, if any. Not all mechanisms have support for optional parameters. library
	   options must be enclosed in brackets ([ ]) so they may be differentiated from the optional kernel module entries.

       The /etc/gss/qop file contains three fields:

       QOP string

	   Name, in ASCII, of this Quality of Protection.

       QOP value

	   Numeric value by which RPC identifies this QOP.

       mechanism name

	   ASCII string representing the mechanism with which this QOP is associated.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: A Typical Entry in /etc/gss/mech

       This is a typical entry in a /etc/gss/mech file:

       kerberosv5     1.2.840.113554.1.2.2     mech_krb5.so   kmech_krb5

       Example 2: A Typical Entry in /etc/gss/qop

       This is a typical entry in a /etc/gss/qop file:

       GSS_KRB5_CONF_C_QOP_DES	0    kerberosv5

SEE ALSO

       rpc(3NSL), rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3NSL), rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3NSL), rpcsec_gss(3NSL)

       ONC+ Developer's Guide

SunOS 5.10							    13 May 2003 							   mech(4)