gss_display_name(3)

NAME
gss_display_name - API function

SYNOPSIS
#include <gss.h>

OM_uint32 gss_display_name(OM_uint32 * minor_status, const gss_name_t input_name, gss_buffer_t output_name_buffer, gss_OID * output_name_type);

ARGUMENTS

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

const gss_name_t input_name
     (gss_name_t, read) Name to be displayed.

gss_buffer_t output_name_buffer
     (buffer, character-string, modify) Buffer to
      receive textual name string. The application must free storage
      associated with this name after use with a call to
      gss_release_buffer().

gss_OID * output_name_type
     (Object ID, modify, optional) The type of the
      returned name. The returned gss_OID will be a pointer into
      static storage, and should be treated as read-only by the caller
      (in particular, the application should not attempt to free
      it). Specify NULL if not required.

DESCRIPTION
Allows an application to obtain a textual representation of an opaque internal-form name for display purposes. The syntax of a printable name is defined by the GSS-API implementation. If input_name denotes an anonymous principal, the implementation should return the gss_OID value GSS_C_NT_ANONYMOUS as the output_name_type, and a textual name that is syntactically distinct from all valid supported printable names in output_name_buffer. If input_name was created by a call to gss_import_name, specifying GSS_C_NO_OID as the name-type, implementations that employ lazy conversion between name types may return GSS_C_NO_OID via the output_name_type parameter. Return value: `GSS_S_COMPLETE`: Successful completion. `GSS_S_BAD_NAME`: input_name was ill-formed.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gss@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2003, 2004 Simon Josefsson.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies.

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.