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30.Dd January 26, 2010
31.Dt GSS_RELEASE_CRED 3 PRM
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm gss_release_cred
35.Nd Discard a credential handle
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_release_cred
42.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
43.Fa "gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle"
44.Fc
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46Informs GSS-API that the specified credential handle is no longer
47required by the application,
48and frees associated resources.
49Implementations are encouraged to set the cred_handle to
50.Dv GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL
51on successful completion of this call.
52.Sh PARAMETERS
53.Bl -tag -width ".It minor_status"
54.It minor_status
55Mechanism specific status code.
56.It cred_handle
57Opaque handle identifying credential to be released.
58If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is supplied,
59the routine will complete successfully, but will do nothing.
60.El
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_COMPLETE"
63.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
64Successful completion
65.It GSS_S_NO_CRED
66Credentials could not be accessed
67.El
68.Sh STANDARDS
69.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
70.It RFC 2743
71Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
72.It RFC 2744
73Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
74.El
75.Sh HISTORY
76The
77.Nm
78function first appeared in
79.Fx 7.0 .
80.Sh AUTHORS
81John Wray, Iris Associates
82.Sh COPYRIGHT
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