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30.Dd October 30, 2007
31.Os
32.Dt GSS_DISPLAY_STATUS 3 PRM
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm gss_display_status
35.Nd Convert a GSS-API status code to text
36.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
37.\" .Sh LIBRARY
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
40.Ft OM_uint32
41.Fo gss_display_status
42.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
43.Fa "OM_uint32 status_value"
44.Fa "int status_type"
45.Fa "const gss_OID mech_type"
46.Fa "OM_uint32 *message_context"
47.Fa "gss_buffer_t status_string"
48.Fc
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50Allows an application to obtain a textual representation of a GSS-API
51status code,
52for display to the user or for logging purposes.
53Since some status values may indicate multiple conditions,
54applications may need to call
55.Fn gss_display_status
56multiple times,
57each call generating a single text string.
58The
59.Fa message_context
60parameter is used by
61.Fn gss_display_status
62to store state information about which error messages have already
63been extracted from a given
64.Fa status_value ;
65.Fa message_context
66must be initialized to zero by the application prior to the first call,
67and
68.Fn gss_display_status
69will return a non-zero value in this parameter if there are further
70messages to extract.
71.Pp
72The
73.Fa message_context
74parameter contains all state information required by
75.Fn gss_display_status
76in order to extract further messages from the
77.Fa status_value ;
78even when a non-zero value is returned in this parameter,
79the application is not required to call
80.Fn gss_display_status
81again unless subsequent messages are desired.
82The following code extracts all messages from a given status code and prints them to stderr:
83.Bd -literal
84OM_uint32 message_context;
85OM_uint32 status_code;
86OM_uint32 maj_status;
87OM_uint32 min_status;
88gss_buffer_desc status_string;
89
90       ...
91
92message_context = 0;
93
94do {
95
96  maj_status = gss_display_status (
97		  &min_status,
98		  status_code,
99		  GSS_C_GSS_CODE,
100		  GSS_C_NO_OID,
101		  &message_context,
102		  &status_string)
103
104  fprintf(stderr,
105	  "%.*s\\n",
106	 (int)status_string.length,
107	 (char *)status_string.value);
108
109  gss_release_buffer(&min_status, &status_string);
110
111} while (message_context != 0);
112.Ed
113.Sh PARAMETERS
114.Bl -tag
115.It minor_status
116Mechanism specific status code.
117.It status_value
118Status value to be converted
119.It status_type
120.Bl -tag
121.It GSS_C_GSS_CODE
122.Fa status_value
123is a GSS status code
124.It GSS_C_MECH_CODE
125.Fa status_value
126is a mechanism status code
127.El
128.It mech_type
129Underlying mechanism (used to interpret a minor status value).
130Supply
131.Dv GSS_C_NO_OID
132to obtain the system default.
133.It message_context
134Should be initialized to zero by the application prior to the first
135call.
136On return from
137.Fn gss_display_status ,
138a non-zero status_value parameter indicates that additional messages
139may be extracted from the status code via subsequent calls to
140.Fn gss_display_status ,
141passing the same
142.Fa status_value ,
143.Fa status_type ,
144.Fa mech_type ,
145and
146.Fa message_context
147parameters.
148.It status_string
149Textual interpretation of the
150.Fa status_value .
151Storage associated with this parameter must be freed by the
152application after use with a call to
153.Fn gss_release_buffer .
154.El
155.Sh RETURN VALUES
156.Bl -tag
157.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
158Successful completion
159.It GSS_S_BAD_MECH
160Indicates that translation in accordance with an unsupported mechanism
161type was requested
162.It GSS_S_BAD_STATUS
163The status value was not recognized, or the status type was neither
164.Dv GSS_C_GSS_CODE
165nor
166.Dv GSS_C_MECH_CODE .
167.El
168.Sh SEE ALSO
169.Xr gss_release_buffer 3
170.Sh STANDARDS
171.Bl -tag
172.It RFC 2743
173Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
174.It RFC 2744
175Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
176.El
177.Sh HISTORY
178The
179.Nm
180manual page example first appeared in
181.Fx 7.0 .
182.Sh AUTHORS
183John Wray, Iris Associates
184.Sh COPYRIGHT
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