RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the Library Functions Manual page for rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3) — the all-caps title is RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3) if you're looking for that version 💅. What does it do? It gets extra information about a security mechanism. That's the whole assignment. slay.

📚 LIBRARY 📚

It lives in the RPC GSS-API Authentication Library (librpcsec_gss, -lrpcsec_gss) 🫶.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file /etc/gss/mech and queries it for its capabilities. literally that's the move: name in, file read, capabilities checked, no cap ✨.

🎀 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 it's NULL 😭. that's the vibe check: found = list, not found = NULL.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

gssapi(3), rpc(3), rpcsec_gss(3) — go read these too, bestie 📚✨.

🔥 HISTORY 🔥

The rpc_gss_get_mech_info function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0 🎉.

💜 AUTHORS 💜

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org> 🫶.

xoxo bestie 💋 this page is from Debian and dated January 26, 2010 💖🎀

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