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25.Dd January 26, 2010
26.Dt RPC_GSS_GET_MECH_INFO 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm rpc_gss_get_mech_info
30.Nd "Get extra information about a security mechanism"
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb librpcsec_gss
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In rpc/rpcsec_gss.h
35.Ft const char **
36.Fn rpc_gss_get_mech_info "const char *mech" "rpc_gss_service_t *service"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38This function looks up a mechanism by name by reading the file
39/etc/gss/mech and queries it for its capabilities.
40.Sh PARAMETERS
41.Bl -tag -width ".It service"
42.It mech
43The mechanism to search for
44.It service
45If the mechanism is found, the maximum supported service type is
46returned in
47.Fa *service
48.El
49.Sh RETURN VALUES
50If the mechanism is found,
51a list of the supported qualities of protection is returned,
52otherwise
53.Dv NULL .
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr gssapi 3 ,
56.Xr rpc 3 ,
57.Xr rpcsec_gss 3
58.Sh HISTORY
59The
60.Nm
61function first appeared in
62.Fx 8.0 .
63.Sh AUTHORS
64This
65manual page was written by
66.An Doug Rabson Aq Mt dfr@FreeBSD.org .
67