Tribblix: manual page: gss_release

GSS_RELEASE_CRED(3GSS) Generic Security Services API Library Functions

NAME

gss_release_cred - discard a credential handle

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lgss [ library... ]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

OM_uint32 gss_release_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
gss_cred_id_t *cred_handle);

DESCRIPTION

The gss_release_cred() function informs the GSS-API that the
specified credential handle is no longer required by the application
and frees the associated resources. The cred_handle parameter is set
to GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL when this call completes successfully.

PARAMETERS

The parameter descriptions for gss_release_cred() follow:

minor_status
A mechanism specific status code.

cred_handle
An opaque handle that identifies the credential to be
released. If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is specified, the
gss_release_cred() function will complete
successfully, but it will do nothing.

ERRORS

gss_release_cred() may return the following status codes:

GSS_S_COMPLETE
Successful completion.

GSS_S_NO_CRED
The referenced credentials cannot be accessed.

GSS_S_FAILURE
The underlying mechanism detected an error for
which no specific GSS status code is defined. The
mechanism-specific status code reported by means of
the minor_status parameter details the error
condition.