gss_userok (3)

#include <gss.h>

int gss_userok(const gss_name_t name, const char * username);

const gss_name_t name

(gss_name_t, read) Name to be compared.

const char * username

Zero terminated string with username.

Compare the username against the output from gss_export_name() invoked on name, after removing the leading OID. This answers the question whether the particular mechanism would authenticate them as the same principal

This function is a GNU GSS specific extension, and is not part of the official GSS API.

Returns 0 if the names match, non-0 otherwise.

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Copyright © 2003-2013 Simon Josefsson.

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