1mech(4)                          File Formats                          mech(4)
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NAME

6       mech, qop - mechanism and QOP files
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SYNOPSIS

9       /etc/gss/mech
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DESCRIPTION

14       The   /etc/gss/mech  and  /etc/gss/qop  files  contain  tables  showing
15       installed security mechanisms and the Quality of Protection (QOP) asso‐
16       ciated with them, respectively. As security mechanisms are installed on
17       the system, entries are added to these two  files.  Contents  of  these
18       files may be accessed either manually or programmatically. For example,
19       manually with  cat(1)  or  more(1),  or  programmatically  with  either
20       rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3NSL) or rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3NSL).
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23       The  order  of  entries  in  the /etc/gss/mech file is significant: the
24       order should be from the most preferred to the least  preferred  mecha‐
25       nisms.
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28       The /etc/gss/mech file contains five fields:
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30       mechanism name
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32           ASCII string representing the mechanism.
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37           RPC OID for this mechanism.
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42           Shared library which implements the services provided by this mech‐
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48           Kernel module which implements the services provided by this mecha‐
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52       library options (optional field)
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54           Optional  parameters  that are interpreted by the individual mecha‐
55           nism with which they are associated. Specific supported options are
56           described  in  the  documentation  for the individual mechanism, if
57           any. Not all  mechanisms  have  support  for  optional  parameters.
58           library  options  must be enclosed in brackets ([ ]) so they may be
59           differentiated from the optional kernel module entries.
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63       The /etc/gss/qop file contains three fields:
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65       QOP string         Name, in ASCII, of this Quality of Protection.
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68       QOP value          Numeric value by which RPC identifies this QOP.
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71       mechanism name     ASCII string representing the mechanism  with  which
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EXAMPLES

76       Example 1 A Typical Entry in /etc/gss/mech
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79       This is a typical entry in a /etc/gss/mech file:
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82         kerberosv5     1.2.840.113554.1.2.2     mech_krb5.so   kmech_krb5
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86       Example 2 A Typical Entry in /etc/gss/qop
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89       This is a typical entry in a /etc/gss/qop file:
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92         GSS_KRB5_CONF_C_QOP_DES  0    kerberosv5
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SEE ALSO

97       rpc(3NSL),  rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3NSL),  rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3NSL),
98       rpcsec_gss(3NSL)
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105SunOS 5.11                        6 Sep 2006                           mech(4)
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