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28.Dd January 26, 2010
29.Dt GSS_INQUIRE_MECHS_FOR_NAME 3 PRM
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gss_inquire_mechs_for_name
33.Nd List mechanisms that support the specified name-type
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_inquire_mechs_for_name
40.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
41.Fa "const gss_name_t input_name"
42.Fa "gss_OID_set *mech_types"
43.Fc
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45Returns the set of mechanisms supported by the GSS-API implementation
46that may be able to process the specified name.
47.Pp
48Each mechanism returned will recognize at least one element within the
49name.
50It is permissible for this routine to be implemented within a
51mechanism-independent GSS-API layer,
52using the type information contained within the presented name,
53and based on registration information provided by individual mechanism
54implementations.
55This means that the returned
56.Fa mech_types
57set may indicate that a particular mechanism will understand the name
58when in fact it would refuse to accept the name as input to
59.Fn gss_canonicalize_name ,
60.Fn gss_init_sec_context ,
61.Fn gss_acquire_cred
62or
63.Fn gss_add_cred
64(due to some property of the specific name, as opposed to the name
65type).
66Thus this routine should be used only as a pre-filter for a call to a
67subsequent mechanism-specific routine.
68.Sh PARAMETERS
69.Bl -tag -width ".It minor_status"
70.It minor_status
71Mechanism specific status code.
72.It input_name
73The name to which the inquiry relates.
74.It mech_types
75Set of mechanisms that may support the specified name.
76The returned OID set must be freed by the caller after use with a call
77to
78.Fn gss_release_oid_set .
79.El
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_COMPLETE"
82.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
83Successful completion
84.It GSS_S_BAD_NAME
85The
86.Fa input_name
87parameter was ill-formed
88.El
89.Sh SEE ALSO
90.Xr gss_release_oid_set 3
91.Sh STANDARDS
92.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
93.It RFC 2743
94Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
95.It RFC 2744
96Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
97.El
98.Sh HISTORY
99The
100.Nm
101function first appeared in
102.Fx 7.0 .
103.Sh AUTHORS
104John Wray, Iris Associates
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