gnutls_auth_get_type(3)

gnutls_auth_get_type3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

gnutls_credentials_type_t gnutls_auth_get_type(gnutls_session_t session);

Arguments

gnutls_session_t session

is a gnutls_session_t type.

Overview

Returns type of credentials for the current authentication schema. The returned information is to be used to distinguish the function used to access authentication data.

Eg. for CERTIFICATE ciphersuites (key exchange algorithms: GNUTLS_KX_RSA, GNUTLS_KX_DHE_RSA), the same function are to be used to access the authentication data.

Note that on resumed sessions, this function returns the schema used in the original session authentication.

Returns

The type of credentials for the current authentication schema, a gnutls_credentials_type_t type.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

From gnutls 3.8.13-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.