rpc_gss_qop_to_num(3t)

rpc_gss_qop_to_num3t

Convert a quality of protection name to number

Usage

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t

rpc_gss_qop_to_num(const char *qop, const char *mech, u_int *num_ret);

Overview

This function returns the numeric QOP value associated with the GSS_API QOP "qop" and mechanism "mech."

Parameters

qop

The name of Quality of Protection associated with the GSS_API mechanism "mech". "GSS_C_QOP_DEFAULT" is currently the only supported QOP.

mech

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

number_ret

Buffer in which to place the returned QOP number

Return values

If the QOP and mechanism names are recognized, TRUE is returned. The corresponding QOP number is returned in *num_ret. Otherwise FALSE is returned and number_ret is left untouched.

Releases

Unchanged in 5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).

  1. 10–Arch

Availability

The rpc_gss_qop_to_num() 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 2026-11-07. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.