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30.Dd November 12, 2005
31.Os
32.Dt GSS_IMPORT_SEC_CONTEXT 3 PRM
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm gss_import_sec_context
35.Nd Import a transferred context
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_import_sec_context
42.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
43.Fa "const gss_buffer_t interprocess_token"
44.Fa "gss_ctx_id_t *context_handle"
45.Fc
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47Allows a process to import a security context established by another
48process.
49A given interprocess token may be imported only once.
50See
51.Fn gss_export_sec_context .
52.Sh PARAMETERS
53.Bl -tag
54.It minor_status
55Mechanism specific status code.
56.It interprocess_token
57Token received from exporting process.
58.It context_handle
59Context handle of newly reactivated context.
60Resources associated with this context handle must be released by the
61application after use with a call to
62.Fn gss_delete_sec_context .
63.El
64.Sh RETURN VALUES
65.Bl -tag
66.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
67Successful completion
68.It GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT
69The token did not contain a valid context reference
70.It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN
71The token was invalid
72.It GSS_S_UNAVAILABLE
73The operation is unavailable
74.It GSS_S_UNAUTHORIZED
75Local policy prevents the import of this context by the current process
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr gss_export_sec_context 3 ,
79.Xr gss_delete_sec_context 3
80.Sh STANDARDS
81.Bl -tag
82.It RFC 2743
83Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
84.It RFC 2744
85Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
86.\" .Sh HISTORY
87.El
88.Sh HISTORY
89The
90.Nm
91manual page example first appeared in
92.Fx 7.0 .
93.Sh AUTHORS
94John Wray, Iris Associates
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