gss_process_context_token(3gss)

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NAME

6       gss_process_context_token - pass asynchronous token to security service
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SYNOPSIS

9       cc [ flag... ] file... -lgss  [ library... ]
10       #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
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12       OM_uint32 gss_process_context_token(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
13            const gss_ctx_id_t context_handle,const gss_buffer_t token_buffer);
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DESCRIPTION

17       The  gss_process_context_token()  function  provides  a  way to pass an
18       asynchronous token to the security service. Most  context-level  tokens
19       are  emitted  and processed synchronously by gss_init_sec_context() and
20       gss_accept_sec_context(), and the application is informed as to whether
21       further  tokens  are expected by the GSS_C_CONTINUE_NEEDED major status
22       bit. Occasionally, a mechanism might need to emit a context-level token
23       at  a point when the peer entity is not expecting a token. For example,
24       the initiator's final call to gss_init_sec_context() may emit  a  token
25       and  return  a  status  of  GSS_S_COMPLETE,  but the acceptor's call to
26       gss_accept_sec_context() might fail.  The  acceptor's  mechanism  might
27       want  to  send a token containing an error indication to the initiator,
28       but the initiator is not expecting a token  at  this  point,  believing
29       that the context is fully established. gss_process_context_token() pro‐
30       vides a way to pass such a token to the mechanism at any time.
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33       This function is provided for compatibility with the GSS-API version 1.
34       Because gss_delete_sec_context() no longer returns a valid output_token
35       to be sent to gss_process_context_token(), applications using  a  newer
36       version of the GSS-API do not need to rely on this function.
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PARAMETERS

39       The  parameter descriptions for gss_process_context_token() are as fol‐
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42       minor_status      A mechanism-specific status code.
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45       context_handle    Context handle of context on which  token  is  to  be
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ERRORS

53       gss_process_context_token() returns one of the following status codes:
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55       GSS_S_COMPLETE           Successful completion.
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62       GSS_S_NO_CONTEXT         The context_handle did not refer  to  a  valid
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66       GSS_S_FAILURE            The underlying mechanism detected an error for
67                                which no specific GSS status code is  defined.
68                                The mechanism-specific status code reported by
69                                means of the  minor_status  parameter  details
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ATTRIBUTES

74       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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79       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
80       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
81       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
82       │Availability                 │SUNWgss (32-bit)             │
83       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
84       │                             │SUNWgssx (64-bit)            │
85       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
86       │MT Level                     │Safe                         │
87       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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DESCRIPTION

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