gss_delete_sec_context(3GSS) Generic Security Services API Library Functions gss_delete_sec_context(3GSS)
NAME
gss_delete_sec_context - delete a GSS-API security context
SYNOPSIS
cc -flag ... file ...-lgss [library ...]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_delete_sec_context(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_ctx_id_t *context_handle, gss_buffer_t output_token);
DESCRIPTION
Use the gss_delete_sec_context() function to delete a security context. The gss_delete_sec_context() function will delete the local data
structures associated with the specified security context. You may not obtain further security services that use the context specified by
context_handle.
In addition to deleting established security contexts, gss_delete_sec_context() will delete any half-built security contexts that result
from incomplete sequences of calls to gss_init_sec_context(3GSS) and gss_accept_sec_context(3GSS).
The Solaris implementation of the GSS-API retains the output_token parameter for compatibility with version 1 of the GSS-API. Both peer
applications should invoke gss_delete_sec_context(), passing the value GSS_C_NO_BUFFER to the output_token parameter; this indicates that
no token is required. If the application passes a valid buffer to gss_delete_sec_context(), it will return a zero-length token, indicating
that no token should be transferred by the application.
PARAMETERS
The parameter descriptions for gss_delete_sec_context() follow:
minor_status A mechanism specific status code.
context_handle Context handle identifying specific context to delete. After deleting the context, the GSS-API will set context_handle to
GSS_C_NO_CONTEXT.
output_token A token to be sent to remote applications that instructs them to delete the context.
ERRORS
gss_delete_sec_context() may return the following status codes:
GSS_S_COMPLETE Successful completion.
GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT No valid context was supplied.
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
gss_accept_sec_context(3GSS), gss_init_sec_context(3GSS), attributes(5)
Solaris Security for Developers Guide
SunOS 5.10 15 jan 2003 gss_delete_sec_context(3GSS)