rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3)

rpc_gss_get_mech_info3

Get extra information about a security mechanism

Usage

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

const char **

rpc_gss_get_mech_info(const char *mech, rpc_gss_service_t *service);

Library

library “librpcsec_gss”

Overview

This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file /etc/gss/mech and queries it for its capabilities.

Parameters

mech

The mechanism to search for

service

If the mechanism is found, the maximum supported service type is returned in *service

Return values

If the mechanism is found, a list of the supported qualities of protection is returned, otherwise NULL.

Releases

39 releases since FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE; the text changed 26 times.

  1. 8.0
  2. 8.1
  3. 8.2
  4. 8.3
  5. 8.4
  6. 9.0
  7. 9.1
  8. 9.2
  9. 9.3
  10. 10.0
  11. 10.1
  12. 10.2
  13. 10.3
  14. 10.4
  15. 11.0
  16. 11.1
  17. 11.2
  18. 11.3
  19. 11.4
  20. 12.0
  21. 12.1
  22. 12.2
  23. 12.3
  24. 12.4
  25. 13.0–13.2
  26. 13.3–13.5
  27. 14.0–16.0

History

The rpc_gss_get_mech_info function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0.

Authors

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.