1GSSAPI::Status(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    GSSAPI::Status(3)
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NAME

6       GSSAPI::Status - methods for handlings GSSAPI statuses
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SYNOPSIS

9         use GSSAPI;
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11         $status = GSSAPI::Status->new(GSS_S_COMPLETE, 0);
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13         if (GSS_ERROR($status->major)) {
14           die "a horrible death";
15         }
16         if (! $status) {                      # another way of writing the above
17           die "a horrible death";
18         }
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20         $status = $some_GSSAPI->someop($args1, etc);
21         if ($status) {
22           foreach ($status->generic_message, $status->specific_message) {
23             print "GSSAPI error: $_\n";
24           }
25           die "help me";
26         }
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DESCRIPTION

29       "GSSAPI::Status" objects are returned by most other GSSAPI operations.
30       Such statuses consist of a GSSAPI generic code and, for most
31       operations, a mechanism specific code.  These numeric codes can be
32       accessed via the methods "major" and "minor".  The standard textual
33       messages that go with the current status can be obtained via the
34       "generic_message" and "specific_message" methods.  Each of these
35       returns a list of text which should presumably be displayed in order.
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37       The generic code part of a GSSAPI::Status is composed of three
38       subfields that can be accessed with the "GSS_CALLING_ERROR",
39       "GSS_ROUTINE_ERROR", and "GSS_SUPPLEMENTARY_INFO" functions.  The
40       returned values can be compared against the constants whose names start
41       with "GSS_S_" if your code wants to handle particular errors itself.
42       The "GSS_ERROR" function returns true if and only if the given generic
43       code contains neither a calling error nor a routine error.
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45       When evaluated in a boolean context, a "GSSAPI::Status" object will be
46       true if and only if the major status code is "GSS_S_COMPLETE".
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48       When evaluated in a string contect, a "GSSAPI::Status" object will
49       return the generic and specific messages all joined together with
50       newlines.  This may or may not make "die $status" work usefully.
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BUGS

53       The base objects are currently implmented as a blessed C structure
54       containing the major and minor status codes.  It should probably be a
55       blessed array or hash instead, thereby cutting down on the amount of C
56       code involved and making it more flexible.
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AUTHOR

59       Philip Guenther <pguen@cpan.org>
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SEE ALSO

62       perl(1) RFC2743
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66perl v5.26.3                      2008-02-02                 GSSAPI::Status(3)
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