gss_krb5_get_mic(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is the gss_krb5_get_mic(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's literally about get_mic for the Kerberos GSS mechanism. periodt. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 gss_krb5_get_mic (struct gss_ctx *gctx , struct xdr_buf *text ,
struct xdr_netobj *token );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• gctx — the GSS context, slay.
• text — the plaintext to checksum, no cap.
• token — the buffer into which to write the computed checksum ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the return values are giving options, and you need to know them:

• GSS_S_COMPLETE — success, and token is filled in 💅
• GSS_S_FAILURE — checksum could not be generated 😭
• GSS_S_CONTEXT_EXPIRED — the Kerberos context is no longer valid 💀

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Kernel file ./net/sunrpc/auth_gss/gss_krb5_mech.c — go peek, iykyk 👀
• gss_krb5_errno_to_status(9) — bestie behavior.
• gss_krb5_verify_mic(9) — the vibe check for your mic.
• gss_krb5_wrap(9) — wrapping things up, literally.
• gss_krb5_unwrap(9) — and the un-wrap era 🫶

🫶 that’s the whole vibe — this page’s source/version is ./net/sunrpc/auth_gss, dated October 2026. bye bestie! 💖