1.\" $NetBSD: krb5_parse_name.3,v 1.1.1.2 2011/04/14 14:09:23 elric Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan 4.\" (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 11.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 13.\" 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" 3. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTITUTE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" Id 35.\" 36.Dd May 1, 2006 37.Dt KRB5_PARSE_NAME 3 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm krb5_parse_name 41.Nd string to principal conversion 42.Sh LIBRARY 43Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5) 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.In krb5/krb5.h 46.Ft krb5_error_code 47.Fn krb5_parse_name "krb5_context context" "const char *name" "krb5_principal *principal" 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49.Fn krb5_parse_name 50converts a string representation of a principal name to 51.Nm krb5_principal . 52The 53.Fa principal 54will point to allocated data that should be freed with 55.Fn krb5_free_principal . 56.Pp 57The string should consist of one or more name components separated with slashes 58.Pq Dq / , 59optionally followed with an 60.Dq @ 61and a realm name. A slash or @ may be contained in a name component by 62quoting it with a backslash 63.Pq Dq \e . 64A realm should not contain slashes or colons. 65.Sh SEE ALSO 66.Xr krb5_425_conv_principal 3 , 67.Xr krb5_build_principal 3 , 68.Xr krb5_free_principal 3 , 69.Xr krb5_sname_to_principal 3 , 70.Xr krb5_unparse_name 3 71