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 gss_release_buffer 3GSS "15 Jan 2003" "SunOS 5.11" "Generic Security Services API Library Functions"
 NAME
gss_release_buffer - free buffer storage allocated by a GSS-API function
 SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lgss [ library... ]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

OM_uint32 gss_release_buffer(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_buffer_tbuffer);


 DESCRIPTION

 The gss_release_buffer() function frees buffer storage allocated by a
GSS-API function. The gss_release_buffer() function also zeros the
length field in the descriptor to which the buffer parameter refers, while the
GSS-API function sets the pointer field in the descriptor to NULL.
Any buffer object returned by a GSS-API function may be passed to
gss_release_buffer(), even if no storage is associated with the buffer.
 PARAMETERS

The parameter descriptions for gss_release_buffer() follow:

minor_status

Mechanism-specific status code.


buffer

The storage associated with the buffer will be deleted. The
gss_buffer_desc() object will not be freed; however, its length field
will be zeroed.


 ERRORS

The gss_release_buffer() function may return the following status codes:

GSS_S_COMPLETE

Successful completion


GSS_S_FAILURE

The underlying mechanism detected an error for which no specific GSS
status code is defined. The mechanism-specific status code reported by means
of the minor_status parameter details the error condition.


 ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelSafe


 SEE ALSO

attributes(5)

Solaris Security for Developers Guide