GSS_IMPORT_NAME(3)

NAME
gss_import_name - Convert a contiguous string name to internal-form

SYNOPSIS
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32
gss_import_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status, const gss_buffer_t input_name_buffer, const gss_OID input_name_type, gss_name_t *output_name);

DESCRIPTION
Convert a contiguous string name to internal form. In general, the internal name returned (via the output_name parameter) will not be an MN; the exception to this is if the input_name_type indicates that the contiguous string provided via the input_name_buffer parameter is of type GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME, in which case the returned internal name will be an MN for the mechanism that exported the name.

PARAMETERS

minor_status
    Mechanism specific status code.

input_name_buffer
    Buffer containing contiguous string name to convert.

input_name_type
    Object ID specifying type of printable name. Applications may specify either GSS_C_NO_OID to use a mechanism-specific default printable syntax, or an OID recognized by the GSS-API implementation to name a specific namespace.

output_name
    Returned name in internal form. Storage associated with this name must be freed by the application after use with a call to gss_release_name().

RETURN VALUES

GSS_S_COMPLETE
    Successful completion

GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE
    The input_name_type was unrecognized

GSS_S_BAD_NAME
    The input_name parameter could not be interpreted as a name of the specified type

GSS_S_BAD_MECH
    The input name-type was GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME, but the mechanism contained within the input-name is not supported

SEE ALSO
gss_release_name(3)

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_import_name function first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS
John Wray, Iris Associates

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