NAME

rpc_gss_seccreate — create a security context using the RPCSEC_GSS protocol

SYNOPSIS

#include <rpc/rpcsec_gss.h>

AUTH *
rpc_gss_seccreate(CLIENT *clnt, const char *principal, const char *mechanism, rpc_gss_service_t service, const char *qop, rpc_gss_options_req_t *options_req, rpc_gss_options_ret_t *options_ret);

DESCRIPTION

This function is used to establish a security context between an application and a remote peer using the RPSEC_GSS protocol.

PARAMETERS

clnt

An RPC handle which is connected to the remote peer

principal

The name of the service principal on the remote peer. For instance, a principal such as "[email protected]" might be used by an application which needs to contact an NFS server

mechanism

The name of the GSS_API mechanism to use for the new security context. "kerberos_v5" is currently the only supported mechanism.

service

Type of service requested.

rpc_gss_svc_default

The default - typically the same as rpc_gss_svc_none.

rpc_gss_svc_none

RPC headers only are integrity protected by a checksum.

rpc_gss_svc_integrity

RPC headers and data are integrity protected by a checksum.

rpc_gss_svc_privacy

RPC headers are integrity protected by a checksum and data is encrypted.

qop

The name of the Quality of Protection to use for the new security context, or NULL to use the default QOP. "GSS_C_QOP_DEFAULT" is currently the only supported QOP.

options_req

Extra security context options to be passed to the underlying GSS-API mechanism. Pass NULL to supply default values.

options_ret

Various values returned by the underlying GSS-API mechanism. Pass NULL if these values are not required.

RETURN VALUES

If the security context was created successfully, a pointer to an AUTH structure that represents the context is returned. To use this security context for subsequent RPC calls, set clnt->cl_auth to this value.

AVAILABILITY

The rpc_gss_seccreate() function is part of libtirpc.

SEE ALSO

rpc(3), gssapi(3), mech(5), qop(5), rpcsec_gss(3)

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Doug Rabson ⟨[email protected]⟩.