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30.Dd January 26, 2010
31.Dt GSS_INQUIRE_MECHS_FOR_NAME 3 PRM
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm gss_inquire_mechs_for_name
35.Nd List mechanisms that support the specified name-type
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_inquire_mechs_for_name
42.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
43.Fa "const gss_name_t input_name"
44.Fa "gss_OID_set *mech_types"
45.Fc
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47Returns the set of mechanisms supported by the GSS-API implementation
48that may be able to process the specified name.
49.Pp
50Each mechanism returned will recognize at least one element within the
51name.
52It is permissible for this routine to be implemented within a
53mechanism-independent GSS-API layer,
54using the type information contained within the presented name,
55and based on registration information provided by individual mechanism
56implementations.
57This means that the returned
58.Fa mech_types
59set may indicate that a particular mechanism will understand the name
60when in fact it would refuse to accept the name as input to
61.Fn gss_canonicalize_name ,
62.Fn gss_init_sec_context ,
63.Fn gss_acquire_cred
64or
65.Fn gss_add_cred
66(due to some property of the specific name, as opposed to the name
67type).
68Thus this routine should be used only as a pre-filter for a call to a
69subsequent mechanism-specific routine.
70.Sh PARAMETERS
71.Bl -tag -width ".It minor_status"
72.It minor_status
73Mechanism specific status code.
74.It input_name
75The name to which the inquiry relates.
76.It mech_types
77Set of mechanisms that may support the specified name.
78The returned OID set must be freed by the caller after use with a call
79to
80.Fn gss_release_oid_set .
81.El
82.Sh RETURN VALUES
83.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_COMPLETE"
84.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
85Successful completion
86.It GSS_S_BAD_NAME
87The
88.Fa input_name
89parameter was ill-formed
90.El
91.Sh SEE ALSO
92.Xr gss_release_oid_set 3
93.Sh STANDARDS
94.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
95.It RFC 2743
96Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
97.It RFC 2744
98Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
99.El
100.Sh HISTORY
101The
102.Nm
103function first appeared in
104.Fx 7.0 .
105.Sh AUTHORS
106John Wray, Iris Associates
107.Sh COPYRIGHT
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