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rpc_gss_get_mech_info – Get extra information about a security mechanism

LIBRARY SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS RETURN VALUES SEE ALSO HISTORY AUTHORS

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

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

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

This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file /etc/gss/mech and queries it for its capabilities.

mech	The mechanism to search for
service
	If the mechanism is found, the maximum supported service type is returned in *service

If the mechanism is found, a list of the supported qualities of protection is returned, otherwise NULL.

The rpc_gss_get_mech_info function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0 .

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