freebsd/lib/libgssapi/gss_inquire_cred.3

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.Dd January 26, 2010
.Dt GSS_INQUIRE_CRED 3 PRM
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm gss_inquire_cred
.Nd Obtain information about a credential
.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
.\" .Sh LIBRARY
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
.Ft OM_uint32
.Fo gss_inquire_cred
.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
.Fa "const gss_cred_id_t cred_handle"
.Fa "gss_ctx_id_t *context_handle"
.Fa "gss_name_t *name"
.Fa "OM_uint32 *lifetime"
.Fa "gss_cred_usage_t *cred_usage"
.Fa "gss_OID_set *mechanisms"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Obtains information about a credential.
.Sh PARAMETERS
.Bl -tag -width ".It minor_status"
.It minor_status
Mechanism specific status code.
.It cred_handle
A handle that refers to the target credential.
Specify
.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL
to inquire about the default initiator principal.
.It name
The name whose identity the credential asserts.
Storage associated with this name should be freed by the application
after use with a call to
.Fn gss_release_name .
Specify
.Dv NULL
if not required.
.It lifetime
The number of seconds for which the credential will remain valid.
If the credential has expired,
this parameter will be set to zero.
If the implementation does not support credential expiration,
the value GSS_C_INDEFINITE will be returned.
Specify
.Dv NULL
if not required.
.It cred_usage
How the credential may be used.
One of the following:
.Bl -item -offset indent -compact
.It
.Dv GSS_C_INITIATE
.It
.Dv GSS_C_ACCEPT
.It
.Dv GSS_C_BOTH
.El
Specify
.Dv NULL
if not required.
.It mechanisms
Set of mechanisms supported by the credential.
Storage associated with this OID set must be freed by the application
after use with a call to
.Fn gss_release_oid_set .
Specify
.Dv NULL
if not required.
.El
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL"
.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
Successful completion
.It GSS_S_NO_CRED
The referenced credentials could not be accessed
.It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_CREDENTIAL
The referenced credentials were invalid
.It GSS_S_CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED
The referenced credentials have expired.
If the lifetime parameter was not passed as
.Dv NULL ,
it will be set to 0
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gss_release_name 3 ,
.Xr gss_release_oid_set 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
.It RFC 2743
Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
.It RFC 2744
Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
.El
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
function first appeared in
.Fx 7.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
John Wray, Iris Associates
.Sh COPYRIGHT
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