NAME

       gss_import_name - API function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <gss.h>

       OM_uint32  gss_import_name(OM_uint32  * minor_status, const gss_buffer_t input_name_buffer, const gss_OID
       input_name_type, gss_name_t * output_name);

ARGUMENTS

       OM_uint32 * minor_status
                   (Integer, modify) Mechanism specific status code.

       const gss_buffer_t input_name_buffer
                   (buffer, octet-string, read) Buffer containing
                     contiguous string name to convert.

       const gss_OID input_name_type
                   (Object ID, read, optional) Object ID specifying
                     type of printable name.  Applications may specify either
                     GSS_C_NO_OID to use a mechanism-specific default printable
                     syntax, or an OID recognized by the GSS-API implementation to
                     name a specific namespace.

       gss_name_t * output_name
                   (gss_name_t, modify) Returned name in internal form.
                     Storage associated with this name must be freed by the
                     application after use with a call to gss_release_name().

DESCRIPTION

       Convert a contiguous string name to internal form.  In general,  the  internal  name  returned  (via  the
       output_name  parameter) will not be an MN; the exception to this is if the input_name_type indicates that
       the contiguous string provided via the input_name_buffer parameter is of  type  GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME,  in
       which case the returned internal name will be an MN for the mechanism that exported the name.

RETURN VALUE

       `GSS_S_COMPLETE`: Successful completion.

       `GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE`: The input_name_type was unrecognized.

       `GSS_S_BAD_NAME`: The input_name parameter could not be interpreted as a name of the specified type.

       `GSS_S_BAD_MECH`:  The  input  name-type was GSS_C_NT_EXPORT_NAME, but the mechanism contained within the
       input-name is not supported.

REPORTING BUGS

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COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2003-2013 Simon Josefsson.
       Copying  and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without
       royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for gss is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If  the  info  and  gss  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info gss

       should give you access to the complete manual.