RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3)

✨ RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this one's from the Library Functions Manual and it's literally about rpc_gss_get_mech_info — the lil function that tells you all about a security mechanism's Qualities of Protection 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

rpc_gss_get_mech_info — Get Quality of Protection information for a security mechanism

the way this function's whole job is just "what QOPs do you support, mech?" and honestly? iconic. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so basically this function hands you back the list of QOP names (that's Qualities of Protection, iykyk) that the GSS_API mechanism named mech supports. that's it, that's the whole vibe. ✨

💜 PARAMETERS 💜

• mech — the name of a GSS_API mechanism. heads up: "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported mechanism, so like… that's your one option bestie, no cap.
• service — a buffer where the maximum service type gets planted. yes, "planted" 🌱 we love a little horticulture moment.

🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

if the named GSS_API mechanism is recognized, you get back a list of the supported Qualities of Protection, slay. and the maximum supported service type for the mechanism gets returned in *service. but if it's not recognized? you get NULL. 😭

⚠️ Note: the returned QOP list is statically allocated memory. the caller must not free this array. do NOT free it. put the free() down. step away from the free(). 🚫💀

🍓 AVAILABILITY 🍓

the rpc_gss_get_mech_info() function is part of libtirpc. periodt. 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• rpc(3)
• gssapi(3)
• rpcsec_gss(3)

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

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

✨ cute lil sign-off ✨ — this page came from Debian, dated January 26, 2010, and it's filed under RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO(3). mwah, go forth and get that mech info bestie 🌸💅🎀