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1.0 KiB
Groff
42 lines
1.0 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
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.\" $Id: krb5_init_context.3,v 1.6 2002/09/02 12:42:00 joda Exp $
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.Dd January 21, 2001
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.Dt KRB5_CONTEXT 3
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.Os HEIMDAL
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm krb5_init_context ,
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.Nm krb5_free_context
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.Nd create and delete krb5_context structures
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.Sh LIBRARY
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Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <krb5.h>
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.Ft krb5_error_code
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.Fn krb5_init_context "krb5_context *context"
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.Ft void
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.Fn krb5_free_context "krb5_context context"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn krb5_init_context
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function initializes the
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.Fa context
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structure and reads the configuration file
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.Pa /etc/krb5.conf .
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.Pp
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The structure should be freed by calling
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.Fn krb5_free_context
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when it is no longer being used.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn krb5_init_context
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returns 0 to indicate success.
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Otherwise an errno code is returned.
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Failure means either that something bad happened during initialization
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(typically
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.Bq ENOMEM )
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or that Kerberos should not be used
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.Bq ENXIO .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr errno 2 ,
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.Xr krb5_context 3 ,
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.Xr kerberos 8
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