NAME

rpc_gss_oid_to_mech — Convert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid

LIBRARY

RPC GSS-API Authentication Library (librpcsec_gss, -lrpcsec_gss)

SYNOPSIS

#include < rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t
rpc_gss_oid_to_mech( gss_OID oid, const char **mech_ret);

DESCRIPTION

This function looks up a mechanism by oid by reading the file /etc/gss/mech.

PARAMETERS

oid

The mechanism oid to search for

mech_ret

If the mechanism is found, the corresponding mechanism name is returned in *mech_ret

RETURN VALUES

If the mechanism is found, TRUE is returned, otherwise FALSE.

SEE ALSO

rpc(3), gssapi(3), rpcset_gss(3)

HISTORY

The rpc_gss_oid_to_mech function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>.