gnutls_x509_rdn_get(3)

gnutls_x509_rdn_get3

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_rdn_get(const gnutls_datum_t * idn, char * buf, size_t * buf_size);

Arguments

const gnutls_datum_t * idn

should contain a DER encoded RDN sequence

char * buf

a pointer to a structure to hold the peer's name

size_t * buf_size

holds the size of buf

Overview

This function will return the name of the given RDN sequence. The name will be in the form "C=xxxx,O=yyyy,CN=zzzz" as described in RFC4514.

This function does not output a fully RFC4514 compliant string, if that is required see gnutls_x509_rdn_get2().

Returns

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, or GNUTLS_E_SHORT_MEMORY_BUFFER is returned and * buf_size is updated if the provided buffer is not long enough, otherwise a negative error value.

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.