gnutls_x509_ext_import_basic_constraints(3)

gnutls_x509_ext_import_basic_constraints3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/x509-ext.h>

int gnutls_x509_ext_import_basic_constraints(const gnutls_datum_t * ext, unsigned int * ca, int * pathlen);

Arguments

const gnutls_datum_t * ext

the DER encoded extension data

unsigned int * ca

will be non zero if the CA status is true

int * pathlen

the path length constraint; will be set to -1 for no limit

Overview

This function will return the CA status and path length constraint as written in the PKIX extension 2.5.29.19.

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since

3.3.0

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

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