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56.Dd November 12, 2005
57.Os
58.Dt GSS_ADD_CRED 3 PRM
59.Sh NAME
60.Nm gss_add_cred
61.Nd Construct credentials incrementally
62.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
63.\" .Sh LIBRARY
64.Sh SYNOPSIS
65.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
66.Ft OM_uint32
67.Fo gss_add_cred
68.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
69.Fa "const gss_cred_id_t input_cred_handle"
70.Fa "const gss_name_t desired_name"
71.Fa "const gss_OID desired_mech"
72.Fa "gss_cred_usage_t cred_usage"
73.Fa "OM_uint32 initiator_time_req"
74.Fa "OM_uint32 acceptor_time_req"
75.Fa "gss_cred_id_t *output_cred_handle"
76.Fa "gss_OID_set *actual_mechs"
77.Fa "OM_uint32 *initiator_time_rec"
78.Fa "OM_uint32 *acceptor_time_rec"
79.Fc
80.Sh DESCRIPTION
81Adds a credential-element to a credential.
82The credential-element is identified by the name of the principal to
83which it refers.
84GSS-API implementations must impose a local access-control policy on
85callers of this routine to prevent unauthorized callers from acquiring
86credential-elements to which they are not entitled.
87This routine is not intended to provide a "login to the network"
88function,
89as such a function would involve the creation of new
90mechanism-specific authentication data,
91rather than merely acquiring a GSS-API handle to existing data.
92Such functions,
93if required,
94should be defined in implementation-specific extensions to the API.
95.Pp
96If
97.Fa desired_name
98is
99.Dv GSS_C_NO_NAME ,
100the call is interpreted as a request to add a credential element that
101will invoke default behavior when passed to
102.Fn gss_init_sec_context
103(if cred_usage is
104.Dv GSS_C_INITIATE
105or
106.Dv GSS_C_BOTH )
107or
108.Fn gss_accept_sec_context
109(if
110.Fa cred_usage
111is
112.Dv GSS_C_ACCEPT
113or
114.Dv GSS_C_BOTH ).
115.PP
116This routine is expected to be used primarily by context acceptors,
117since implementations are likely to provide mechanism-specific ways of
118obtaining GSS-API initiator credentials from the system login process.
119Some implementations may therefore not support the acquisition of
120.Dv GSS_C_INITIATE
121or
122.Dv GSS_C_BOTH
123credentials via
124.Fn gss_acquire_cred
125for any name other than
126.Dv GSS_C_NO_NAME ,
127or a name produced by applying either
128.Fn gss_inquire_cred
129to a valid credential,
130or
131.Fn gss_inquire_context
132to an active context.
133.Pp
134If credential acquisition is time-consuming for a mechanism,
135the mechanism may choose to delay the actual acquisition until the
136credential is required (e.g. by
137.Fn gss_init_sec_context
138or
139.Fn gss_accept_sec_context ).
140Such mechanism-specific implementation decisions should be invisible
141to the calling application;
142thus a call of
143.Fn gss_inquire_cred
144immediately following the call of
145.Fn gss_add_cred
146must return valid credential data,
147and may therefore incur the overhead of a deferred credential acquisition.
148.Pp
149This routine can be used to either compose a new credential containing
150all credential-elements of the original in addition to the
151newly-acquire credential-element,
152or to add the new credential-element to an existing credential.
153If
154.Dv NULL
155is specified for the
156.Fa output_cred_handle
157parameter argument,
158the new credential-element will be added to the credential identified
159by
160.Fa input_cred_handle ;
161if a valid pointer is specified for the
162.Fa output_cred_handle
163parameter,
164a new credential handle will be created.
165.Pp
166If
167.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL
168is specified as the
169.Fa input_cred_handle ,
170.Fn gss_add_cred
171will compose a credential (and set the
172.Fa output_cred_handle
173parameter accordingly) based on default behavior.
174That is, the call will have the same effect as if the application had
175first made a call to
176.Fn gss_acquire_cred ,
177specifying the same usage and passing
178.Dv GSS_C_NO_NAME
179as the
180.Fa desired_name
181parameter to obtain an explicit credential handle embodying default
182behavior,
183passed this credential handle to
184.Fn gss_add_cred ,
185and finally called
186.Fn gss_release_cred
187on the first credential handle.
188.Pp
189If
190.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL
191is specified as the
192.Fa input_cred_handle
193parameter,
194a non-
195.Dv NULL
196.Fa output_cred_handle
197must be supplied.
198.Sh PARAMETERS
199.Bl -tag
200.It minor_status
201Mechanism specific status code.
202.It input_cred_handle
203The credential to which a credential-element will be added.
204If
205.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL
206is specified, the routine will compose the new credential based on
207default behavior (see description above).
208Note that, while the credential-handle is not modified by
209.Fn gss_add_cred ,
210the underlying credential will be modified if
211.Fa output_credential_handle
212is
213.Dv NULL .
214.It desired_name
215Name of principal whose credential should be acquired.
216.It desired_mech
217Underlying security mechanism with which the credential may be used.
218.It cred_usage
219.Bl -tag -width "GSS_C_INITIATE"
220.It GSS_C_BOTH
221Credential may be used either to initiate or accept security
222contexts.
223.It GSS_C_INITIATE
224Credential will only be used to initiate security contexts.
225.It GSS_C_ACCEPT
226Credential will only be used to accept security contexts.
227.El
228.It initiator_time_req
229Number of seconds that the credential should remain valid for
230initiating security contexts.
231This argument is ignored if the composed credentials are of type
232.Dv GSS_C_ACCEPT .
233Specify
234.Dv GSS_C_INDEFINITE
235to request that the credentials have the maximum permitted initiator lifetime.
236.It acceptor_time_req
237Number of seconds that the credential should remain valid for
238accepting security contexts.
239This argument is ignored if the composed credentials are of type
240.Dv GSS_C_INITIATE .
241Specify
242.Dv GSS_C_INDEFINITE
243to request that the credentials have the maximum permitted initiator lifetime.
244.It output_cred_handle
245The returned credential handle,
246containing
247the new credential-element and all the credential-elements from
248.Fa input_cred_handle .
249If a valid pointer to a
250.Fa gss_cred_id_t
251is supplied for this parameter,
252.Fn gss_add_cred
253creates a new credential handle containing all credential-elements
254from the
255.Fa input_cred_handle
256and the newly acquired credential-element;
257if
258.Dv NULL
259is specified for this parameter,
260the newly acquired credential-element will be added to the credential
261identified by
262.Fa input_cred_handle .
263.Pp
264The resources associated with any credential handle returned via this
265parameter must be released by the application after use with a call to
266.Fn gss_release_cred .
267.It actual_mechs
268The complete set of mechanisms for which the new credential is valid.
269Storage for the returned OID-set must be freed by the application
270after use with a call to
271.Fn gss_release_oid_set .
272Specify
273.Dv NULL if not required.
274.It initiator_time_rec
275Actual number of seconds for which the returned credentials will
276remain valid for initiating contexts using the specified mechanism.
277If the implementation or mechanism does not support expiration of
278credentials,
279the value
280.Dv GSS_C_INDEFINITE
281will be returned.
282Specify
283.Dv NULL
284if not required.
285.It acceptor_time_rec
286Actual number of seconds for which the returned credentials will
287remain valid for accepting security contexts using the specified
288mechanism.
289If the implementation or mechanism does not support expiration of
290credentials,
291the value
292.Dv GSS_C_INDEFINITE
293will be returned.
294Specify
295.Dv NULL
296if not required.
297.El
298.Sh RETURN VALUES
299.Bl -tag
300.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
301Successful completion.
302.It GSS_S_BAD_MECH
303Unavailable mechanism requested.
304.It GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE
305Type contained within desired_name parameter is not supported
306.It GSS_S_BAD_NAME
307Value supplied for desired_name parameter is ill-formed.
308.It GSS_S_DUPLICATE_ELEMENT
309The credential already contains an element for the requested mechanism
310with overlapping usage and validity period.
311.It GSS_S_CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED
312The required credentials could not be added because they have expired.
313.It GSS_S_NO_CRED
314No credentials were found for the specified name.
315.El
316.Sh SEE ALSO
317.Xr gss_init_sec_context 3 ,
318.Xr gss_accept_sec_context 3 ,
319.Xr gss_acquire_cred 3 ,
320.Xr gss_inquire_cred 3 ,
321.Xr gss_inquire_context 3 ,
322.Xr gss_release_cred 3 ,
323.Xr gss_release_oid_set 3
324.Sh STANDARDS
325.Bl -tag
326.It RFC 2743
327Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
328.It RFC 2744
329Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
330.\" .Sh HISTORY
331.El
332.Sh HISTORY
333The
334.Nm
335manual page example first appeared in
336.Fx 7.0 .
337.Sh AUTHORS
338John Wray, Iris Associates
339