NAME

rpc_gss_oid_to_mech —

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_oid_to_mech(gss_OID oid, const char **mech_ret);

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

oid: The mechanism oid to search for
mech_ret: If the mechanism is found, the corresponding mechanism name is returned in *mech_ret

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

The rpc_gss_oid_to_mech function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

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