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Generic Security Services API Library Functions

gss_release_name(3GSS)

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NAME

gss_release_name - discard an internal-form name

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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.

PARAMETERS

The parameter descriptions for gss_release_name() follow:

minor_status: A mechanism-specific status code.
name: The name to be deleted.

RETURN VALUES

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.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: