RPC_GSS_IS_INSTALLED(3)

✨ RPC_GSS_IS_INSTALLED(3) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Library Functions Manual section of your man pages, and today's main character is rpc_gss_is_installed 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

rpc_gss_is_installed — literally just asking "hey, is this security mechanism even here??" 🔍✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

bool_t
rpc_gss_is_installed(const char *mech);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So this function tells you whether the GSS_API mechanism named "mech" is installed and enabled. Both. Like, it's not enough to just exist on the system — it has to be turned on too, and this function is the vibe check that confirms it 🫶

🦋 PARAMETERS 🦋

• mech — the name of a GSS_API mechanism. And ngl, "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported mechanism, so it's giving very exclusive-guest-list energy 👑 "kerberos_v5" is the one name on the list, periodt.

🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

Returns TRUE if the named GSS_API mechanism is installed and enabled — slay 💚 — and FALSE otherwise 😭

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

The rpc_gss_is_installed() function is part of libtirpc. so that's where you'll find her 🧚

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

rpc(3), gssapi(3), rpcsec_gss(3)

go read those too, iykyk 📚✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>. iconic of them fr fr 💖

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came from the <strong>Debian</strong> folks, dated <strong>January 26, 2010</strong> — a whole vintage moment, we love a classic 🎀 no cap, go check if your mechanism is installed, mwah 💅