GSS_RELEASE_NAME(3GSS) Generic Security Services API Library Functions GSS_RELEASE_NAME(3GSS)

gss_release_name - discard an internal-form name

cc [flag ...] file... -lgss [library ...]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_release_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_name_t *name);

The gss_release_name() function frees GSS-API-allocated storage associated with an internal-form name. The name is set to GSS_C_NO_NAME on successful completion of this call.

The parameter descriptions for gss_release_name() follow:

minor_status

A mechanism-specific status code.

name

The name to be deleted.

The gss_release_name() function may return the following status codes:

GSS_S_COMPLETE

Successful completion.

GSS_S_BAD_NAME

The name parameter did not contain a valid name.

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.

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-Level Safe

attributes(7)

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June 18, 2021 OmniOS