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

krb5_init_secure_context — Initialize a secure Kerberos context block

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C Prototype

krb5_error_code krb5_init_secure_context (
        krb5_context            *context );

Arguments

context (output)

A pointer to the context structure to be initialized.

Description

This routine initializes a secure Kerberos context block, preparing it for use by other Kerberos APIs.

Return Values

This routine returns the following KRB5 status codes:

0	Successful completion.
ENOMEM	Insufficient memory.
Kerberos errors.