The
/etc/gss/mech
file contains a list of installed GSS-API security mechanisms.
Each line of the file either contains a comment if the first character
is '#' or it contains five fields with the following meanings:
|
| Name
|
The name of this GSS-API mechanism.
|
| Object identifier
|
| |
The OID for this mechanism.
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| Library
|
A shared library containing the implementation of this mechanism.
|
| Kernel module
|
Optional kernel module containing the implementation of this mechanism (not
yet supported in FreeBSD).
|
| Library options
|
Optional parameters interpreted by the mechanism. Library options
must be enclosed in brackets ([ ]) to differentiate them from the
optional kernel module entry.
|
|
The first mechanism listed in
/etc/gss/mech
is the default mechanism.
This mechanism will be used by
gss_init_sec_context(3)
if the user doesn't specify a specific mechanism.
The
/etc/gss/qop
file contains a list of Quality of Protection values for use with
GSS-API.
Each line of the file either contains a comment if the first character
is '#' or it contains three fields with the following meanings:
| QOP string
|
The name of this Quality of Protection algorithm.
|
| QOP value
|
The numeric value used to select this algorithm for use with GSS-API
functions such as
gss_get_mic(3).
|
| Mechanism name
|
| |
The GSS-API mechanism name that corresponds to this algorithm.
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