NAME

gss_compare_name —

Compare two internal-form names

SYNOPSIS

#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

OM_uint32
gss_compare_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status, const gss_name_t name1, const gss_name_t name2, int *name_equal);

DESCRIPTION

Allows an application to compare two internal-form names to determine whether they refer to the same entity.

If either name presented to gss_compare_name() denotes an anonymous principal, the routines should indicate that the two names do not refer to the same identity.

PARAMETERS

minor_status

Mechanism specific status code.

name1

Internal-form name.

name2

Internal-form name.

name_equal

non-zero: Names refer to same entity
zero: Names refer to different entities (strictly, the names are not known to refer to the same identity).

RETURN VALUES

GSS_S_COMPLETE: Successful completion
GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE: The two names were of incomparable types.
GSS_S_BAD_NAME: One or both of name1 or name2 was ill-formed.

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_compare_name function first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS

John Wray, Iris Associates

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