gss_release_cred(3GSS) Generic Security Services API Library Functions gss_release_cred(3GSS)
NAME
gss_release_cred - discard a credential handle
SYNOPSIS
cc -flag ... file ...-lgss [library ...]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_release_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle);
DESCRIPTION
The gss_release_cred() function informs the GSS-API that the specified credential handle is no longer required by the application and frees
the associated resources. The cred_handle parameter is set to GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL when this call completes successfully.
PARAMETERS
The parameter descriptions for gss_release_cred() follow:
minor_status A mechanism specific status code.
cred_handle An opaque handle that identifies the credential to be released. If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is specified, the gss_release_cred()
function will complete successfully, but it will do nothing.
ERRORS
gss_release_cred() may return the following status codes:
GSS_S_COMPLETE Successful completion.
GSS_S_NO_CRED The referenced credentials cannot be accessed.
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
attributes(5)
Solaris Security for Developers Guide
SunOS 5.10 15 Jan 2003 gss_release_cred(3GSS)
