gnutls_x509_rdn_get2(3)

gnutls_x509_rdn_get23

Api function

Usage

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_rdn_get2(const gnutls_datum_t * idn, gnutls_datum_t * str, unsigned flags);

Arguments

const gnutls_datum_t * idn

should contain a DER encoded RDN sequence

gnutls_datum_t * str

a datum that will hold the name

unsigned flags

zero of GNUTLS_X509_DN_FLAG_COMPAT

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.

When the flag GNUTLS_X509_DN_FLAG_COMPAT is specified, the output format will match the format output by previous to 3.5.6 versions of GnuTLS which was not not fully RFC4514-compliant.

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

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

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