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28.Dd January 26, 2010
29.Dt GSS_COMPARE_NAME 3 PRM
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm gss_compare_name
33.Nd Compare two internal-form names
34.\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
35.\" .Sh LIBRARY
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In "gssapi/gssapi.h"
38.Ft OM_uint32
39.Fo gss_compare_name
40.Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
41.Fa "const gss_name_t name1"
42.Fa "const gss_name_t name2"
43.Fa "int *name_equal"
44.Fc
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46Allows an application to compare two internal-form names to determine
47whether they refer to the same entity.
48.Pp
49If either name presented to
50.Fn gss_compare_name
51denotes an anonymous principal,
52the routines should indicate that the two names do not refer to the
53same identity.
54.Sh PARAMETERS
55.Bl -tag -width "minor_status"
56.It minor_status
57Mechanism specific status code.
58.It name1
59Internal-form name.
60.It name2
61Internal-form name.
62.It name_equal
63.Bl -tag -width "non-zero"
64.It non-zero
65Names refer to same entity
66.It zero
67Names refer to different entities (strictly, the names are not known
68to refer to the same identity).
69.El
70.El
71.Sh RETURN VALUES
72.Bl -tag -width ".It GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE"
73.It GSS_S_COMPLETE
74Successful completion
75.It GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE
76The two names were of incomparable types.
77.It GSS_S_BAD_NAME
78One or both of name1 or name2 was ill-formed.
79.El
80.Sh STANDARDS
81.Bl -tag -width ".It RFC 2743"
82.It RFC 2743
83Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
84.It RFC 2744
85Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
86.El
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90function first appeared in
91.Fx 7.0 .
92.Sh AUTHORS
93John Wray, Iris Associates
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