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GSS_ADD_CRED(3)		      Programmer's Manual	       GSS_ADD_CRED(3)

NAME
     gss_add_cred — Construct credentials incrementally

SYNOPSIS
     #include <gssapi/gssapi.h>

     OM_uint32
     gss_add_cred(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
	 const gss_cred_id_t input_cred_handle, const gss_name_t desired_name,
	 const gss_OID desired_mech, gss_cred_usage_t cred_usage,
	 OM_uint32 initiator_time_req, OM_uint32 acceptor_time_req,
	 gss_cred_id_t *output_cred_handle, gss_OID_set *actual_mechs,
	 OM_uint32 *initiator_time_rec, OM_uint32 *acceptor_time_rec);

DESCRIPTION
     Adds a credential-element to a credential.	 The credential-element is
     identified by the name of the principal to which it refers.  GSS-API
     implementations must impose a local access-control policy on callers of
     this routine to prevent unauthorized callers from acquiring credential-
     elements to which they are not entitled.  This routine is not intended to
     provide a "login to the network" function, as such a function would
     involve the creation of new mechanism-specific authentication data,
     rather than merely acquiring a GSS-API handle to existing data.  Such
     functions, if required, should be defined in implementation-specific
     extensions to the API.

     If desired_name is GSS_C_NO_NAME, the call is interpreted as a request to
     add a credential element that will invoke default behavior when passed to
     gss_init_sec_context() (if cred_usage is GSS_C_INITIATE or GSS_C_BOTH) or
     gss_accept_sec_context() (if cred_usage is GSS_C_ACCEPT or GSS_C_BOTH ).

     This routine is expected to be used primarily by context acceptors, since
     implementations are likely to provide mechanism-specific ways of obtain‐
     ing GSS-API initiator credentials from the system login process.  Some
     implementations may therefore not support the acquisition of
     GSS_C_INITIATE or GSS_C_BOTH credentials via gss_acquire_cred() for any
     name other than GSS_C_NO_NAME, or a name produced by applying either
     gss_inquire_cred() to a valid credential, or gss_inquire_context() to an
     active context.

     If credential acquisition is time-consuming for a mechanism, the mecha‐
     nism may choose to delay the actual acquisition until the credential is
     required (e.g. by gss_init_sec_context() or gss_accept_sec_context().)
     Such mechanism-specific implementation decisions should be invisible to
     the calling application; thus a call of gss_inquire_cred() immediately
     following the call of gss_add_cred() must return valid credential data,
     and may therefore incur the overhead of a deferred credential acquisi‐
     tion.

     This routine can be used to either compose a new credential containing
     all credential-elements of the original in addition to the newly-acquire
     credential-element, or to add the new credential-element to an existing
     credential.  If NULL is specified for the output_cred_handle parameter
     argument, the new credential-element will be added to the credential
     identified by input_cred_handle; if a valid pointer is specified for the
     output_cred_handle parameter, a new credential handle will be created.

     If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is specified as the input_cred_handle,
     gss_add_cred() will compose a credential (and set the output_cred_handle
     parameter accordingly) based on default behavior.	That is, the call will
     have the same effect as if the application had first made a call to
     gss_acquire_cred(), specifying the same usage and passing GSS_C_NO_NAME
     as the desired_name parameter to obtain an explicit credential handle
     embodying default behavior, passed this credential handle to
     gss_add_cred(), and finally called gss_release_cred() on the first cre‐
     dential handle.

     If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is specified as the input_cred_handle parameter, a
     non- NULL output_cred_handle must be supplied.

PARAMETERS
     minor_status  Mechanism specific status code.

     input_cred_handle
		   The credential to which a credential-element will be added.
		   If GSS_C_NO_CREDENTIAL is specified, the routine will com‐
		   pose the new credential based on default behavior (see
		   description above).	Note that, while the credential-handle
		   is not modified by gss_add_cred(), the underlying creden‐
		   tial will be modified if output_credential_handle is NULL.

     desired_name  Name of principal whose credential should be acquired.

     desired_mech  Underlying security mechanism with which the credential may
		   be used.

     cred_usage

		   GSS_C_BOTH	   Credential may be used either to initiate
				   or accept security contexts.

		   GSS_C_INITIATE  Credential will only be used to initiate
				   security contexts.

		   GSS_C_ACCEPT	   Credential will only be used to accept
				   security contexts.

     initiator_time_req
		   Number of seconds that the credential should remain valid
		   for initiating security contexts.  This argument is ignored
		   if the composed credentials are of type GSS_C_ACCEPT.
		   Specify GSS_C_INDEFINITE to request that the credentials
		   have the maximum permitted initiator lifetime.

     acceptor_time_req
		   Number of seconds that the credential should remain valid
		   for accepting security contexts.  This argument is ignored
		   if the composed credentials are of type GSS_C_INITIATE.
		   Specify GSS_C_INDEFINITE to request that the credentials
		   have the maximum permitted initiator lifetime.

     output_cred_handle
		   The returned credential handle, containing the new creden‐
		   tial-element and all the credential-elements from
		   input_cred_handle.  If a valid pointer to a gss_cred_id_t
		   is supplied for this parameter, gss_add_cred() creates a
		   new credential handle containing all credential-elements
		   from the input_cred_handle and the newly acquired creden‐
		   tial-element; if NULL is specified for this parameter, the
		   newly acquired credential-element will be added to the cre‐
		   dential identified by input_cred_handle.

		   The resources associated with any credential handle
		   returned via this parameter must be released by the appli‐
		   cation after use with a call to gss_release_cred().

     actual_mechs  The complete set of mechanisms for which the new credential
		   is valid.  Storage for the returned OID-set must be freed
		   by the application after use with a call to
		   gss_release_oid_set().  Specify NULL if not required.

     initiator_time_rec
		   Actual number of seconds for which the returned credentials
		   will remain valid for initiating contexts using the speci‐
		   fied mechanism.  If the implementation or mechanism does
		   not support expiration of credentials, the value
		   GSS_C_INDEFINITE will be returned.  Specify NULL if not
		   required.

     acceptor_time_rec
		   Actual number of seconds for which the returned credentials
		   will remain valid for accepting security contexts using the
		   specified mechanism.	 If the implementation or mechanism
		   does not support expiration of credentials, the value
		   GSS_C_INDEFINITE will be returned.  Specify NULL if not
		   required.

RETURN VALUES
     GSS_S_COMPLETE
		   Successful completion.

     GSS_S_BAD_MECH
		   Unavailable mechanism requested.

     GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE
		   Type contained within desired_name parameter is not sup‐
		   ported

     GSS_S_BAD_NAME
		   Value supplied for desired_name parameter is ill-formed.

     GSS_S_DUPLICATE_ELEMENT
		   The credential already contains an element for the
		   requested mechanism with overlapping usage and validity
		   period.

     GSS_S_CREDENTIALS_EXPIRED
		   The required credentials could not be added because they
		   have expired.

     GSS_S_NO_CRED
		   No credentials were found for the specified name.

SEE ALSO
     gss_init_sec_context(3), gss_accept_sec_context(3), gss_acquire_cred(3),
     gss_inquire_cred(3), gss_inquire_context(3), gss_release_cred(3),
     gss_release_oid_set(3)

STANDARDS
     RFC 2743	   Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Ver‐
		   sion 2, Update 1

     RFC 2744	   Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings

HISTORY
     The gss_add_cred function first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS
     John Wray, Iris Associates

COPYRIGHT
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BSD			       January 26, 2010				   BSD
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