RPC_GSS_GET_MECHANISMS(3)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

✨ rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the rpc_gss_get_mechanisms page from the Library Functions Manual — yes it's a section 3 manpage, and yes it's about to be your new fave 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

rpc_gss_get_mechanisms — get installed mechanisms, aka "hey bestie what security vibes do we have available" 🎀

🦋 LIBRARY 🦋

RPC GSS-API Authentication Library — that's librpcsec_gss, and you link it with -lrpcsec_gss 🔥

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

lowkey the whole vibe is just one function, no args, no drama:

const char **
rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(void);

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does it do? it returns a NULL terminated list of the installed security mechanisms ✨ that's it. that's the whole function. no cap, it's giving simple and iconic.

fr fr, remember the list is NULL terminated — don't go walking off the end of the array, that's not the move 😭

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk 💜

🧚 HISTORY 🧚

the rpc_gss_get_mechanisms function first appeared in FreeBSD 8.0 — she's been serving since day one, periodt 👑

💖 AUTHORS 💖

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org> — thank you for your service king 🫡

and that's the whole page bestie! 🍓 this lil gem came from Debian, dated January 26, 2010, and the manpage itself is RPC_GSS_GET_MECHANISMS(3) — go forth and check your mechanisms, slay 💅✨

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