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28.Dd January 26, 2010
29.Dt GSS_IMPORT_SEC_CONTEXT 3 PRM
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gss_import_sec_context
33.Nd Import a transferred context
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_import_sec_context
40.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
41.Fa "const gss_buffer_t interprocess_token"
42.Fa "gss_ctx_id_t *context_handle"
43.Fc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45Allows a process to import a security context established by another
46process.
47A given interprocess token may be imported only once.
48See
49.Fn gss_export_sec_context .
50.Sh PARAMETERS
51.Bl -tag -width ".It interprocess_token"
52.It minor_status
53Mechanism specific status code.
54.It interprocess_token
55Token received from exporting process.
56.It context_handle
57Context handle of newly reactivated context.
58Resources associated with this context handle must be released by the
59application after use with a call to
60.Fn gss_delete_sec_context .
61.El
62.Sh RETURN VALUES
63.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN"
64.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
65Successful completion
66.It GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT
67The token did not contain a valid context reference
68.It GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN
69The token was invalid
70.It GSS_S_UNAVAILABLE
71The operation is unavailable
72.It GSS_S_UNAUTHORIZED
73Local policy prevents the import of this context by the current process
74.El
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr gss_delete_sec_context 3 ,
77.Xr gss_export_sec_context 3
78.Sh STANDARDS
79.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
80.It RFC 2743
81Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
82.It RFC 2744
83Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
84.El
85.Sh HISTORY
86The
87.Nm
88function first appeared in
89.Fx 7.0 .
90.Sh AUTHORS
91John Wray, Iris Associates
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