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Generic Security Services API Library Functionsgss_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. The application must allocate this explicitly. This argument must be deallocated with gss_release_buffer(3GSS) when the application is done with it.
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 name.

RETURN VALUES

 

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 TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
AvailabilitySUNWgss (32-bit)
 SUNWgssx (64-bit)
MT-LevelSafe

SEE ALSO

 

gss_release_buffer(3GSS), attributes(5)

GSS-API Programming Guide


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 24 Apr 2000

 
      
      
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