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GSS_DISPLAY_STATUS(3)	      Programmer's Manual	 GSS_DISPLAY_STATUS(3)

NAME
     gss_display_status	-- Convert a GSS-API status code to text

SYNOPSIS
     #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

     OM_uint32
     gss_display_status(OM_uint32 *minor_status, OM_uint32 status_value,
	 int status_type, const	gss_OID	mech_type, OM_uint32 *message_context,
	 gss_buffer_t status_string);

DESCRIPTION
     Allows an application to obtain a textual representation of a GSS-API
     status code, for display to the user or for logging purposes.  Since some
     status values may indicate	multiple conditions, applications may need to
     call gss_display_status() multiple	times, each call generating a single
     text string.  The message_context parameter is used by
     gss_display_status() to store state information about which error mes-
     sages have	already	been extracted from a given status_value;
     message_context must be initialized to zero by the	application prior to
     the first call, and gss_display_status() will return a non-zero value in
     this parameter if there are further messages to extract.

     The message_context parameter contains all	state information required by
     gss_display_status() in order to extract further messages from the
     status_value; even	when a non-zero	value is returned in this parameter,
     the application is	not required to	call gss_display_status() again	unless
     subsequent	messages are desired.  The following code extracts all mes-
     sages from	a given	status code and	prints them to stderr:

     OM_uint32 message_context;
     OM_uint32 status_code;
     OM_uint32 maj_status;
     OM_uint32 min_status;
     gss_buffer_desc status_string;

	    ...

     message_context = 0;

     do	{

       maj_status = gss_display_status (
		       &min_status,
		       status_code,
		       GSS_C_GSS_CODE,
		       GSS_C_NO_OID,
		       &message_context,
		       &status_string)

       fprintf(stderr,
	       "%.*s\n",
	      (int)status_string.length,
	      (char *)status_string.value);

       gss_release_buffer(&min_status, &status_string);

     } while (message_context != 0);

PARAMETERS
     minor_status  Mechanism specific status code.

     status_value  Status value	to be converted

     status_type

		   GSS_C_GSS_CODE   status_value is a GSS status code

		   GSS_C_MECH_CODE  status_value is a mechanism	status code

     mech_type	   Underlying mechanism	(used to interpret a minor status
		   value).  Supply GSS_C_NO_OID	to obtain the system default.

     message_context
		   Should be initialized to zero by the	application prior to
		   the first call.  On return from gss_display_status(), a
		   non-zero status_value parameter indicates that additional
		   messages may	be extracted from the status code via subse-
		   quent calls to gss_display_status(),	passing	the same
		   status_value, status_type, mech_type, and message_context
		   parameters.

     status_string
		   Textual interpretation of the status_value.	Storage	asso-
		   ciated with this parameter must be freed by the application
		   after use with a call to gss_release_buffer().

RETURN VALUES
     GSS_S_COMPLETE    Successful completion

     GSS_S_BAD_MECH    Indicates that translation in accordance	with an	unsup-
		       ported mechanism	type was requested

     GSS_S_BAD_STATUS  The status value	was not	recognized, or the status type
		       was neither GSS_C_GSS_CODE nor GSS_C_MECH_CODE.

SEE ALSO
     gss_release_buffer(3)

STANDARDS
     RFC 2743  Generic Security	Service	Application Program Interface Version
	       2, Update 1

     RFC 2744  Generic Security	Service	API Version 2 :	C-bindings

HISTORY
     The gss_display_status function first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS
     John Wray,	Iris Associates

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) The Internet	Society	(2000).	 All Rights Reserved.

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BSD			       January 26, 2010				   BSD

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