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KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_prompter_posix Prompt the user for the Kerberos password

krb5_rd_error Read an error protocol message

krb5_rd_cred -- Read a KRB_CRED message  

C Prototype 

krb5_error_code krb5_rd_cred (
        krb5_context            context,
        krb5_auth_context       auth_context,
        krb5_data               *pcreddata,
        krb5_creds              ***pppcreds,
        krb5_replay_data        *outdata );

Arguments 

context (input/output)		The context structure.
auth_context (input/output)
		A per-connection context.
pcreddata (input)		The KRB_CRED message.
pppcreds (output)		The array of forwarded credentials.
outdata (output)		The replay data information (the nonce).

Description 

This routine reads a KRB_CRED message, validates it, and outputs the nonce and an array of the forwarded credentials.

Return Values 

This routine returns one of the following KRB5 status codes:

0	Successful completion.
KRB5_RC_REQUIRED	Message replay detection requires rcache parameter.
KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_SKEW	Clock skew too great.
KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_BADORDER	Message out of order.
ENOMEM	Insufficient memory.

krb5_prompter_posix Prompt the user for the Kerberos password

krb5_rd_error Read an error protocol message