gss_import_sec_context(3)

gss_import_sec_context3

Api function

Usage

#include <gss.h>

OM_uint32 gss_import_sec_context(OM_uint32 * minor_status, const gss_buffer_t interprocess_token, gss_ctx_id_t * context_handle);

Arguments

OM_uint32 * minor_status

(Integer, modify) Mechanism specific status code.

const gss_buffer_t interprocess_token

(buffer, opaque, modify) Token received from
exporting process

gss_ctx_id_t * context_handle

(gss_ctx_id_t, modify) Context handle of newly
reactivated context. Resources associated with this context
handle must be released by the application after use with a call
to gss_delete_sec_context().

Overview

Allows a process to import a security context established by another process. A given interprocess token may be imported only once. See gss_export_sec_context.

Return value

`GSS_S_COMPLETE`: Successful completion.

`GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT`: The token did not contain a valid context reference.

`GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN`: The token was invalid.

`GSS_S_UNAVAILABLE`: The operation is unavailable.

`GSS_S_UNAUTHORIZED`: Local policy prevents the import of this
context by the current process.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8–11
  7. 12–13

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>. GNU Generic Security Service home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/ General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

From gss-man 1.0.4-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Also shipped by heimdal-dev. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.