NAME
gss_release_buffer —
Discard a buffer
SYNOPSIS
#include
<gssapi/gssapi.h>
OM_uint32
gss_release_buffer(OM_uint32
*minor_status, gss_buffer_t buffer);
DESCRIPTION
Free storage associated with a buffer. The storage must have been
allocated by a GSS-API routine. In addition to freeing the associated
storage, the routine will zero the length field in the descriptor to which
the buffer parameter refers, and implementations are encouraged to
additionally set the pointer field in the descriptor to
NULL. Any buffer object returned by a GSS-API
routine may be passed to
gss_release_buffer()
(even if there is no storage associated with the buffer).
PARAMETERS
- 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, but its length field will be zeroed.
RETURN VALUES
- GSS_S_COMPLETE
- Successful completion
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_release_buffer function first
appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.
AUTHORS
John Wray, Iris Associates
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