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krb5_rd_error — Read an error protocol message

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C Prototype

krb5_error_code krb5_rd_error (
        krb5_context    context,
        const krb5_data *enc_errbuf,
        krb5_error      **dec_error );

Arguments

context (input) 

The context structure.

enc_errbuf (input) 

A pointer to the error protocol message.

dec_error (output)  

A pointer to allocated storage containing the error message.

Description

Parses an error protocol message from enc_errbuf and fills in *dec_error with a pointer to allocated storage containing the error message. The caller is responsible for freeing this structure by using krb5_free_error.

Return Values

This routine returns one of the following KRB5 status code:

0Successful completion.



krb5_rd_cred — Read a KRB_CRED message
  		 


krb5_rd_priv — Parse a KRB_PRIV message