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KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_cc_store_cred Store a credential in the credentials cache

krb5_cksumtype_to_string Convert checksum type to string representation

krb5_change_password -- Change an existing password 

C Prototype 

krb5_error_code krb5_change_password (
        krb5_context    context,
        krb5_creds      *creds,
        char            *newpw,
        int             *result_code,
        krb5_data       *result_code_string,
        krb5_data       *result_string );

Arguments 

context (input/output)		The context structure.
creds (input)		The Kerberos credentials.
newpw (input)		The new password.
result_code (output)		A numeric error code.
result_code_string (output)
		The string equivalent of the result_code.
result_string (output)		The change password response from the KDC.

Description 

This routine changes the password for an existing Kerberos account.

Return Values 

This routine returns one of the following KRB5 status codes:

0	Successful completion.
KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED	Message stream modified.
KRB5KDC_ERR_BAD_PVNO	Requested protocol version not supported.
ENOMEM	Insufficient memory.
SOCKET_ERRNO	Error on socket.
ETIMEDOUT	Connection timed out.
EHOSTUNREACH	No route to host.

krb5_cc_store_cred Store a credential in the credentials cache

krb5_cksumtype_to_string Convert checksum type to string representation