NAME

gss_inquire_names_for_mech − Identify name types supported by a specific security mechanism. 

SYNOPSIS

#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_inquire_names_for_mech(
        OM_uint32 ∗ minor_status,
        const gss_OID mechanism,
        gss_OID_set ∗ name_types );

PARAMETERS

minor_status
Kerberos 5 error code.

mechanism
Security mechanism to be queried.

name_types
Object identifier (OID) set of name types supported by the specified mechanism.

The returned OID set must be freed by the application after use with a call to gss_release_oid_set(). 

DESCRIPTION

The gss_inquire_names_for_mech() function identifies the name types that are supported by a particular mechanism. Since Kerberos 5 is the only security mechanism supported by the HP Application Security Toolkit, this function returns the name types Kerberos 5 supports.  gss_import_name() contains a list of the supported name types. 

This function can be used to verify that a name type is valid or to generate a list of name types from which to choose. 

RETURN VALUES

SEE ALSO

Functions:  gss_import_name(3), gss_release_oid_set(3)