SYNOPSIS

gss \,OPTIONS\/...

DESCRIPTION

Command line interface to GSS, used to explain error codes.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-V, --version

Print version and exit.

-l, --list-mechanisms

List information about supported mechanisms in a human readable format.

-m, --major=\,LONG\/

Describe a `major status' error code value.

-a, --accept-sec-context[=\,MECH\/]

Accept a security context as server. If MECH is not specified, no credentials will be acquired. Use "*" to use library default mechanism.

-i, --init-sec-context=\,MECH\/

Initialize a security context as client. MECH is the SASL name of mechanism, use -l to list supported mechanisms.

-n, --server-name=\,SERVICE\/@HOSTNAME

For -i and -a, set the name of the remote host. For example, "[email protected]".

-q, --quiet

Silent operation (default=off).

AUTHOR

Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: [email protected]

GNU Generic Security Service home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/>

General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2014 Simon Josefsson. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

RELATED TO gss…

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.