freebsd man page for rpc_gss_mech_to_oid

RPC_GSS_MECH_TO_OID(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 				    RPC_GSS_MECH_TO_OID(3)

NAME
     rpc_gss_mech_to_oid -- Convert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid

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

SYNOPSIS
     #include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

     bool_t
     rpc_gss_mech_to_oid(const char *mech, gss_OID *oid_ret);

DESCRIPTION
     This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file /etc/gss/mech.

PARAMETERS
     mech     The mechanism name to search for

     oid_ret  If the mechanism is found, the corresponding GSS-API oid is returned in *oid_ret

RETURN VALUES
     If the mechanism is found, TRUE is returned, otherwise FALSE.

SEE ALSO
     gssapi(3), rpc(3), rpcset_gss(3)

HISTORY
     The rpc_gss_mech_to_oid function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

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

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								 January 26, 2010							       BSD