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krb5_unparse_name — Convert protocol format principal name to string format

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C Prototype

krb5_error_code krb5_unparse_name (
         krb5_context             context,
         krb5_const_principal     principal,
         char                     **name );

Arguments

context (input/output) 

The context structure.

principal (input) 

Multipart principal format used in the protocols.

name (output) 

Single string representation of a Kerberos principal name.

Description

This routine converts the multipart principal name principal from the format used in the protocols to a single-string representation of the name. The resulting single-string representation will use the format and quoting conventions described for krb_parse_name.

The *name argument points to allocated storage and should be freed by the caller when finished.

Return Values

This routine returns one of the following KRB5 status codes:

0Successful completion.

ENOMEM

Insufficient memory.



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krb5_unparse_name_ext — Convert multiple protocol format principal names to string format