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KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_get_credentials_renew Renew a set of existing credentials

krb5_get_default_realm Retrieve the default realm

krb5_get_credentials_validate -- Validate a set of existing credentials 

C Prototype 

krb5_error_code krb5_get_credentials_validate (
        krb5_context            context,
        krb5_flags              options,
        krb5_ccache             ccache,
        krb5_creds              *in_creds,
        krb5_creds              **out_creds );

Arguments 

context (input/output)		The context structure.
options (input)		Unused flag field.
ccache (input/output)		The credentials cache.
in_creds (input)		The credentials to be validated.
out_creds (output)		The validated credentials.

Description 

This routine attempts to contact a KDC to validate a set of existing Kerberos credentials.

Return Values 

This routine returns one of the following KRB5 status codes:

0	Successful completion.
ENOMEM	Insufficient memory.
KRB5_PROG_ETYPE_NOSUPP	Program lacks support for encryption type.
KRB5_KDCREP_MODIFIED	KDC reply did not match expectations.
Kerberos errors.

krb5_get_credentials_renew Renew a set of existing credentials

krb5_get_default_realm Retrieve the default realm