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28.Dd January 26, 2010
29.Dt GSS_DISPLAY_STATUS 3 PRM
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gss_display_status
33.Nd Convert a GSS-API status code to text
34.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
35.\" .Sh LIBRARY
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
38.Ft OM_uint32
39.Fo gss_display_status
40.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
41.Fa "OM_uint32 status_value"
42.Fa "int status_type"
43.Fa "const gss_OID mech_type"
44.Fa "OM_uint32 *message_context"
45.Fa "gss_buffer_t status_string"
46.Fc
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48Allows an application to obtain a textual representation of a GSS-API
49status code,
50for display to the user or for logging purposes.
51Since some status values may indicate multiple conditions,
52applications may need to call
53.Fn gss_display_status
54multiple times,
55each call generating a single text string.
56The
57.Fa message_context
58parameter is used by
59.Fn gss_display_status
60to store state information about which error messages have already
61been extracted from a given
62.Fa status_value ;
63.Fa message_context
64must be initialized to zero by the application prior to the first call,
65and
66.Fn gss_display_status
67will return a non-zero value in this parameter if there are further
68messages to extract.
69.Pp
70The
71.Fa message_context
72parameter contains all state information required by
73.Fn gss_display_status
74in order to extract further messages from the
75.Fa status_value ;
76even when a non-zero value is returned in this parameter,
77the application is not required to call
78.Fn gss_display_status
79again unless subsequent messages are desired.
80The following code extracts all messages from a given status code and prints them to stderr:
81.Bd -literal
82OM_uint32 message_context;
83OM_uint32 status_code;
84OM_uint32 maj_status;
85OM_uint32 min_status;
86gss_buffer_desc status_string;
87
88       ...
89
90message_context = 0;
91
92do {
93
94  maj_status = gss_display_status (
95		  &min_status,
96		  status_code,
97		  GSS_C_GSS_CODE,
98		  GSS_C_NO_OID,
99		  &message_context,
100		  &status_string)
101
102  fprintf(stderr,
103	  "%.*s\\n",
104	 (int)status_string.length,
105	 (char *)status_string.value);
106
107  gss_release_buffer(&min_status, &status_string);
108
109} while (message_context != 0);
110.Ed
111.Sh PARAMETERS
112.Bl -tag -width ".It minor_status"
113.It minor_status
114Mechanism specific status code.
115.It status_value
116Status value to be converted
117.It status_type
118.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_C_MECH_CODE"
119.It GSS_C_GSS_CODE
120.Fa status_value
121is a GSS status code
122.It GSS_C_MECH_CODE
123.Fa status_value
124is a mechanism status code
125.El
126.It mech_type
127Underlying mechanism (used to interpret a minor status value).
128Supply
129.Dv GSS_C_NO_OID
130to obtain the system default.
131.It message_context
132Should be initialized to zero by the application prior to the first
133call.
134On return from
135.Fn gss_display_status ,
136a non-zero status_value parameter indicates that additional messages
137may be extracted from the status code via subsequent calls to
138.Fn gss_display_status ,
139passing the same
140.Fa status_value ,
141.Fa status_type ,
142.Fa mech_type ,
143and
144.Fa message_context
145parameters.
146.It status_string
147Textual interpretation of the
148.Fa status_value .
149Storage associated with this parameter must be freed by the
150application after use with a call to
151.Fn gss_release_buffer .
152.El
153.Sh RETURN VALUES
154.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_BAD_STATUS"
155.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
156Successful completion
157.It GSS_S_BAD_MECH
158Indicates that translation in accordance with an unsupported mechanism
159type was requested
160.It GSS_S_BAD_STATUS
161The status value was not recognized, or the status type was neither
162.Dv GSS_C_GSS_CODE
163nor
164.Dv GSS_C_MECH_CODE .
165.El
166.Sh SEE ALSO
167.Xr gss_release_buffer 3
168.Sh STANDARDS
169.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
170.It RFC 2743
171Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
172.It RFC 2744
173Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
174.El
175.Sh HISTORY
176The
177.Nm
178function first appeared in
179.Fx 7.0 .
180.Sh AUTHORS
181John Wray, Iris Associates
182.Sh COPYRIGHT
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