opensolaris man page for gss_import_name

gss_import_name(3GSS)				  Generic Security Services API Library Functions			     gss_import_name(3GSS)

NAME
       gss_import_name - convert a contiguous string name to GSS_API internal format

SYNOPSIS
       cc [flag ...]  file... -lgss [library ...]
       #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

       OM_uint32 gss_import_name(OM_uint32 * minor_status,
	    const gss_buffer_t input_name_buffer, const gss_OID input_name_type,
	    gss_name_t *output_name);

DESCRIPTION
       The  gss_import_name()  function converts a contiguous string name to internal form. In general, the internal name returned by means of the
       output_name parameter will not be a mechanism name; the exception to this is if the input_name_type indicates that  the	contiguous  string
       provided  by  means of the input_name_buffer parameter is of type GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME, in which case, the returned internal name will be a
       mechanism name for the mechanism that exported the name.

PARAMETERS
       The parameter descriptions for gss_import_name() follow:

       minor_status	    Status code returned by the underlying mechanism.

       input_name_buffer    The gss_buffer_desc structure containing the name to be imported.

       input_name_type	    A gss_OID that specifies the format that the input_name_buffer is in.

       output_name	    The gss_name_t structure to receive the returned name in internal form. Storage associated	with  this  name  must	be
			    freed by the application after use with a call to gss_release_name().

ERRORS
       The gss_import_name() function may return the following status codes:

       GSS_S_COMPLETE	     The gss_import_name() function completed successfully.

       GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE    The input_name_type was unrecognized.

       GSS_S_BAD_NAME	     The input_name parameter could not be interpreted as a name of the specified type.

       GSS_S_BAD_MECH	     The input_name_type was GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME, but the mechanism contained within the input_name is not supported.

       GSS_S_FAILURE	     The  underlying mechanism detected an error for which no specific GSS status code is defined.  The mechanism-specific
			     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_release_buffer(3GSS), attributes(5)

       Solaris Security for Developers Guide

SunOS 5.11							    30 Jun 2005 					     gss_import_name(3GSS)