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KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_get_validated_creds Get validated credentials

krb5_init_keyblock Set up an empty keyblock

krb5_init_context -- Initialize a Kerberos context structure 

C Prototype 

krb5_error_code krb5_init_context(
        krb5_context   *context );

Arguments 

context (output)

A pointer to the context structure that has been initialized.

Description 

This routine initializes the context for the application. The context contains the encryption types, a pointer to operating specific data and the default realm. In the future, the context may also contain thread specific data. The data in the context should be freed with krb5_free_context.

Return Values 

This routine returns the following KRB5 status code:

0	Successful completion.
ENOMEM	Insufficient memory.

krb5_get_validated_creds Get validated credentials

krb5_init_keyblock Set up an empty keyblock