rpc_gss_is_installed(3)

rpc_gss_is_installed3

Query for the presence os a security mechanism

Usage

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t

rpc_gss_is_installed(const char *mech);

Library

library “librpcsec_gss”

Overview

This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file /etc/gss/mech.

Parameters

mech

The mechanism to search for

Return values

Returns TRUE if the mechanism is installed, FALSE otherwise.

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_is_installed 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.