NAME

     rpc_gss_set_svc_name — Associate a GSS-API service principal with an RPC service

SYNOPSIS

     #include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

     bool_t
     rpc_gss_set_svc_name(const char *principal, const char *mechanism, u_int req_time,
         u_int program, u_int version);

DESCRIPTION

     This function registers a service principal which will be used to authenticate RPCSEC_GSS
     security contexts for a given RPC program and version.

PARAMETERS

     principal  A string representing the service principal in the form "service@hostname"

     mechanism  The name of the security mechanism

     req_time   The time in seconds that the service credentials should remain valid.  See
                gss_acquire_cred(3) for more details.  principal.

     program    RPC program number for this service

     version    RPC program version for this service

RETURN VALUES

     Returns TRUE if the service principal was registered or FALSE otherwise.

AVAILABILITY

     The rpc_gss_set_svc_name() function is part of libtirpc.

SEE ALSO

     rpc(3), gssapi(3), gss_acquire_cred(3), rpcsec_gss(3)

AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>.