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

krb5_rd_cred — Read a KRB_CRED message

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C Prototype

krb5_error_code krb5_rd_cred (
krb5_context context,
krb5_auth_context auth_context,
krb5_data *pcreddata,
krb5_creds ***pppcreds,
krb5_replay_data *outdata );

Arguments

context (input/output) 

The context structure.

auth_context (input/output)
  

A per-connection context.

pcreddata (input) 

The KRB_CRED message.

pppcreds (output) 

The array of forwarded credentials.

outdata (output) 

The replay data information (the nonce).

Description

This routine reads a KRB_CRED message, validates it, and outputs the nonce and an array of the forwarded credentials.

Return Values

This routine returns one of the following KRB5 status codes:

0

Successful completion.

KRB5_RC_REQUIRED

Message replay detection requires rcache parameter.

KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_SKEW

Clock skew too great.

KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_BADORDER

Message out of order.

ENOMEM

Insufficient memory.