rpc_gss_is_installed(3t)

rpc_gss_is_installed3t

Query for the presence of a security mechanism

Usage

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t

rpc_gss_is_installed(const char *mech);

Overview

This function indicates whether the GSS_API mechanism named "mech" is installed and enabled.

Parameters

mech

The name of a GSS_API mechanism. "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported mechanism.

Return values

Returns TRUE if the named GSS_API mechanism is installed and enabled, FALSE otherwise.

Releases

Unchanged in 5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).

  1. 10–Arch

Availability

The rpc_gss_is_installed() function is part of libtirpc.

Authors

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

From libtirpc 1.3.8-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.