NAME

gss_export_name — Convert an MN to export form

SYNOPSIS

#include < gssapi/gssapi.h>

OM_uint32
gss_export_name( OM_uint32 *minor_status, const gss_name_t input_name, gss_buffer_t exported_name);

DESCRIPTION

To produce a canonical contiguous string representation of a mechanism name (MN), suitable for direct comparison (e.g. with memcmp) for use in authorization functions (e.g. matching entries in an access-control list). The input_name parameter must specify a valid MN (i.e. an internal name generated by gss_accept_sec_context() or by gss_canonicalize_name( ).)

PARAMETERS

minor_status

Mechanism specific status code.

input_name

The MN to be exported.

exported_name

The canonical contiguous string form of input_name. Storage associated with this string must freed by the application after use with gss_release_buffer().

RETURN VALUES

GSS_S_COMPLETE

Successful completion

GSS_S_NAME_NOT_MN

The provided internal name was not a mechanism name.

GSS_S_BAD_NAME

The provided internal name was ill-formed.

GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE

The internal name was of a type not supported by the GSS-API implementation.

SEE ALSO

gss_accept_sec_context(3), gss_canonicalize_name(3), gss_release_buffer(3)

STANDARDS

RFC 2743

Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1

RFC 2744

Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings

HISTORY

The gss_export_name function first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS

John Wray, Iris Associates

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