gss_add_cred(3GSS) Generic Security Services API Library Functions gss_add_cred(3GSS)
NAME
gss_add_cred - add a credential-element to a credential
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lgss [ library... ]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_add_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
const gss_cred_id_t input_cred_handle,
const gss_name_t desired_name,
const gss_OID desired_mech,
gss_cred_usage_t cred_usage,
OM_uint32 initiator_time_req,
OM_uint32 acceptor_time_req,
gss_cred_id_t *output_cred_handle,
gss_OID_set *actual_mechs,
OM_uint32 *initiator_time_rec,
OM_uint32 *acceptor_time_rec);
PARAMETERS
The parameter descriptions for gss_add_cred() follow:
minor_status Mechanism specific status code.
input_cred_handle Credential to which the credential-element is added. If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is specified, the function composes the
new credential based on default behavior. While the credential-handle is not modified by gss_add_cred(), the underly-
ing credential is modified if output_credential_handle is NULL.
desired_name Name of the principal for which a credential should be acquired.
desired_mech Underlying security mechanism with which the credential can be used. GSS_C_NULL_OID can be used to obtain a default.
cred_usage Flag that indicates how a credential is used to initiate or accept security credentials. If the flag is GSS_C_ACCEPT,
the credentials are used only to accept security credentials. If the flag is GSS_C_INITIATE, the credentials are used
only to initiate security credentials. If the flag is GSS_C_BOTH, the credentials can be used to either initiate or
accept security contexts.
initiator_time_req Number of seconds that the credential may remain valid for initiating security contexts. This argument is ignored if
the composed credentials are of the GSS_C_ACCEPT type. Specify GSS_C_INDEFINITE to request that the credentials have
the maximum permitted initiator lifetime.
acceptor_time_req Number of seconds that the credential may remain valid for accepting security contexts. This argument is ignored if
the composed credentials are of the GSS_C_INITIATE type. Specify GSS_C_INDEFINITE to request that the credentials
have the maximum permitted initiator lifetime.
output_cred_handle Returned credential handle that contains the new credential-element and all the credential-elements from
input_cred_handle. If a valid pointer to a gss_cred_id_t is supplied for this parameter, gss_add_cred() creates a new
credential handle that contains all credential-elements from input_cred_handle and the newly acquired credential-ele-
ment. If NULL is specified for this parameter, the newly acquired credential-element is added to the credential iden-
tified by input_cred_handle.
The resources associated with any credential handle returned by means of this parameter must be released by the
application after use by a call to gss_release_cred(3GSS).
actual_mechs Complete set of mechanisms for which the new credential is valid. Storage for the returned OID-set must be freed by
the application after use by a call to gss_release_oid_set(3GSS). Specify NULL if this parameter is not required.
initiator_time_rec Actual number of seconds for which the returned credentials remain valid for initiating contexts using the specified
mechanism. If a mechanism does not support expiration of credentials, the value GSS_C_INDEFINITE is returned. Specify
NULL if this parameter is not required.
acceptor_time_rec Actual number of seconds for which the returned credentials remain valid for accepting security contexts using the
specified mechanism. If a mechanism does not support expiration of credentials, the value GSS_C_INDEFINITE is
returned. Specify NULL if this parameter is not required.
DESCRIPTION
The gss_add_cred() function adds a credential-element to a credential. The credential-element is identified by the name of the principal to
which it refers. This function is not intended as a function to login to the network. A function for login to the network would involve
creating new mechanism-specific authentication data, rather than acquiring a handle to existing data.
If the value of desired_name is GSS_C_NO_NAME, the call is interpreted as a request to add a credential-element to invoke default behavior
when passed to gss_init_sec_context(3GSS) if the value of cred_usage is GSS_C_INITIATE or GSS_C_BOTH. The call is also interpreted as a
request to add a credential-element to the invoke default behavior when passed to gss_accept_sec_context(3GSS) if the value of cred_usage
is GSS_C_ACCEPT or GSS_C_BOTH.
The gss_add_cred() function is expected to be used primarily by context acceptors. The GSS-API provides mechanism-specific ways to obtain
GSS-API initiator credentials through the system login process. Consequently, the GSS-API does not support acquiring GSS_C_INITIATE or
GSS_C_BOTH credentials by means of gss_acquire_cred(3GSS) for any name other than the following:
o GSS_C_NO_NAME
o Name produced by gss_inquire_cred(3GSS) applied to a valid credential
o Name produced by gss_inquire_context(3GSS) applied to an active context
If credential acquisition is time consuming for a mechanism, the mechanism can choose to delay the actual acquisition until the credential
is required by gss_init_sec_context(3GSS), for example, or by gss_accept_sec_context(3GSS). Such mechanism-specific implementation deci-
sions are invisible to the calling application. A call to gss_inquire_cred(3GSS) immediately following the call gss_add_cred() returns
valid credential data as well as incurring the overhead of deferred credential acquisition.
The gss_add_cred() function can be used either to compose a new credential that contains all credential-elements of the original in addi-
tion to the newly-acquired credential-element. The function can also be used to add the new credential-element to an existing credential.
If the value of the output_cred_handle parameter is NULL, the new credential-element is added to the credential identified by
input_cred_handle. If a valid pointer is specified for the output_cred_handle parameter, a new credential handle is created.
If the value of input_cred_handle is GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL, the gss_add_cred() function composes a credential and sets the output_cred_handle
parameter based on the default behavior. The call has the same effect as a call first made by the application to gss_acquire_cred(3GSS) to
specify the same usage and to pass GSS_C_NO_NAME as the desired_name parameter. Such an application call obtains an explicit credential
handle that incorporates the default behaviors, then passes the credential handle to gss_add_cred(), and finally calls
gss_release_cred(3GSS) on the first credential handle.
If the value of the input_cred_handle parameter is GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL, a non-NULL value must be supplied for the output_cred_handle param-
eter.
RETURN VALUES
The gss_add_cred() function can return the following status codes:
GSS_S_COMPLETE Successful completion.
GSS_S_BAD_MECH An unavailable mechanism has been requested.
GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE The type contained within the desired_name parameter is not supported.
GSS_S_BAD_NAME The value supplied for desired_name parameter is ill formed.
GSS_S_DUPLICATE_ELEMENT The credential already contains an element for the requested mechanism that has overlapping usage and validity
period.
GSS_S_CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED The credentials could not be added because they have expired.
GSS_S_NO_CRED No credentials were found for the specified name.
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 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
gss_accept_sec_context(3GSS), gss_acquire_cred(3GSS), gss_init_sec_context(3GSS), gss_inquire_context(3GSS), gss_inquire_cred(3GSS),
gss_release_cred(3GSS), gss_release_oid_set(3GSS), libgss(3LIB), attributes(5)
Solaris Security for Developers Guide
SunOS 5.11 30 Jun 2005 gss_add_cred(3GSS)