gss_release_buffGeneric)Security Services API Library gss_release_buffer(3GSS)NAMEgss_release_buffer - free buffer storage allocated by a GSS-API func‐
tion
SYNOPSIS
cc -flag ... file ...-lgss [library ...]
#include <gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32 gss_release_buffer(OM_uint32 *minor_status, gss_buf‐
fer_tbuffer);
DESCRIPTION
The gss_release_buffer() function frees buffer storage allocated by a
GSS-API function. The gss_release_buffer() function also zeros the
length field in the descriptor to which the buffer parameter refers,
while the GSS-API function sets the pointer field in the descriptor to
NULL. Any buffer object returned by a GSS-API function may be passed to
gss_release_buffer(), even if no storage is associated with the buffer.
PARAMETERS
The parameter descriptions for gss_release_buffer() follow:
minor_status Mechanism-specific status code.
buffer The storage associated with the buffer will be deleted.
The gss_buffer_desc() object will not be freed; how‐
ever, its length field will be zeroed.
ERRORS
The gss_release_buffer() function may return the following status
codes:
GSS_S_COMPLETE Successful completion
GSS_S_FAILURE The underlying mechanism detected an error for
which no specific GSS status code is defined.
The mechanism-specific status code reported by
means of the minor_status parameter details the
error condition.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │SUNWgss (32-bit) │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│ │SUNWgssx (64-bit) │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOattributes(5)
Solaris Security for Developers Guide
SunOS 5.10 15 Jan 2003 gss_release_buffer(3GSS)
