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28.Dd January 26, 2010
29.Dt GSS_RELEASE_CRED 3 PRM
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gss_release_cred
33.Nd Discard a credential handle
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_release_cred
40.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
41.Fa "gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle"
42.Fc
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44Informs GSS-API that the specified credential handle is no longer
45required by the application,
46and frees associated resources.
47Implementations are encouraged to set the cred_handle to
48.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL
49on successful completion of this call.
50.Sh PARAMETERS
51.Bl -tag -width ".It minor_status"
52.It minor_status
53Mechanism specific status code.
54.It cred_handle
55Opaque handle identifying credential to be released.
56If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is supplied,
57the routine will complete successfully, but will do nothing.
58.El
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_COMPLETE"
61.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
62Successful completion
63.It GSS_S_NO_CRED
64Credentials could not be accessed
65.El
66.Sh STANDARDS
67.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
68.It RFC 2743
69Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
70.It RFC 2744
71Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
72.El
73.Sh HISTORY
74The
75.Nm
76function first appeared in
77.Fx 7.0 .
78.Sh AUTHORS
79John Wray, Iris Associates
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