NAME

       rpc_gss_get_mech_info — Get Quality of Protection information for a security mechanism

SYNOPSIS

       #include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

       const char **
       rpc_gss_get_mech_info(const char *mech, rpc_gss_service_t *service);

DESCRIPTION

       This function returns the list of QOP names supported by the GSS_API mechanism named "mech".

PARAMETERS

       mech     The name of a GSS_API mechanism.  "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported mechanism.

       service  Buffer in which maximum service type is planted

RETURN VALUES

       If  the  named  GSS_API  mechanism  is  recognized,  a  list  of the supported Qualities of Protection is
       returned.  The maximum supported service type for the mechanism is returned in *service.  Otherwise  NULL
       is returned.

       Note: The returned QOP list is statically allocated memory.  The caller must not free this array.

AVAILABILITY

       The rpc_gss_get_mech_info() function is part of libtirpc.

SEE ALSO

       rpc(3), gssapi(3), rpcsec_gss(3)

AUTHORS

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

Debian                                          January 26, 2010                        RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3)