NAME

     rpc_gss_get_mech_info — Get Quality of Protection information for a security mechanism

SYNOPSIS

     #include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

     const char **
     rpc_gss_get_mech_info(const char *mech, rpc_gss_service_t *service);

DESCRIPTION

     This function returns the list of QOP names supported by the GSS_API mechanism named "mech".

PARAMETERS

     mech     The name of a GSS_API mechanism.  "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported
              mechanism.

     service  Buffer in which maximum service type is planted

RETURN VALUES

     If the named GSS_API mechanism is recognized, a list of the supported Qualities of
     Protection is returned.  The maximum supported service type for the mechanism is returned in
     *service.  Otherwise NULL is returned.

     Note: The returned QOP list is statically allocated memory.  The caller must not free this
     array.

AVAILABILITY

     The rpc_gss_get_mech_info() function is part of libtirpc.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHORS

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