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HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS Volume 3: Kerberos > Chapter 6 KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_init_context — Initialize a Kerberos context structure

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C Prototype

krb5_error_code krb5_init_context(
        krb5_context   *context );

Arguments

context (output) 

A pointer to the context structure that has been initialized.

Description

This routine initializes the context for the application. The context contains the encryption types, a pointer to operating specific data and the default realm. In the future, the context may also contain thread specific data. The data in the context should be freed with krb5_free_context.

Return Values

This routine returns the following KRB5 status code:

0

Successful completion.

ENOMEM Insufficient memory.



krb5_get_validated_creds — Get validated credentials
  		 


krb5_init_keyblock — Set up an empty keyblock