NAME

rpc_gss_mech_to_oid —

Convert a mechanism name to a GSS-API oid

LIBRARY

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

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t
rpc_gss_mech_to_oid(const char *mech, gss_OID *oid_ret);

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

mech: The mechanism name to search for
oid_ret: If the mechanism is found, the corresponding GSS-API oid is returned in *oid_ret

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

The rpc_gss_mech_to_oid function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

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