gnutls_x509_crt_get_subject(3)

gnutls_x509_crt_get_subject3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_crt_get_subject(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert, gnutls_x509_dn_t * dn);

Arguments

gnutls_x509_crt_t cert

should contain a gnutls_x509_crt_t type

gnutls_x509_dn_t * dn

output variable with pointer to uint8_t DN.

Overview

Return the Certificate's Subject DN as a gnutls_x509_dn_t data type, that can be decoded using gnutls_x509_dn_get_rdn_ava().

Note that dn should be treated as constant. Because it points into the cert object, you should not use dn after cert is deallocated.

Returns

Returns 0 on success, or an error code.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 8 times.

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

Reporting bugs

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

From gnutls 3.8.13-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.