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HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS Volume 3: Kerberos > Chapter 5 GSSAPI (Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface)

gss_release_buffer — Free storage associated with a buffer

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C Prototype

OM_uint32 gss_release_buffer(
      OM_uint32              * minor_status,
      gss_buffer_t             buffer );

Arguments

minor_status (output) 

An implementation-specific status code.

buffer (input/output) 

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.

Description

This routine frees storage associated with a buffer. The storage must have been allocated by a GSSAPI routine. In addition to freeing the associated storage, the routine will zero the length field in the descriptor to which the buffer argument refers. Any buffer object returned by a GSSAPI routine may be passed to gss_release_buffer (even if there is no storage associated with the buffer).

Return Values

This routine returns the following GSS status code:

GSS_S_COMPLETE

Successful completion.



gss_process_context_token — Pass a security context to the security service
  		 


gss_release_cred — Mark a credential for deletion