1 .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
2 .\" $Id: krb5_build_principal.3,v 1.5 2002/08/28 15:30:47 joda Exp $
4 .Dt KRB5_BUILD_PRINCIPAL 3
7 .Nm krb5_build_principal ,
8 .Nm krb5_build_principal_ext ,
9 .Nm krb5_build_principal_va ,
10 .Nm krb5_build_principal_va_ext ,
11 .Nm krb5_make_principal
12 .Nd principal creation functions
14 Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
18 .Fn krb5_build_principal "krb5_context context" "krb5_principal *principal" "int realm_len" "krb5_const_realm realm" "..."
20 .Fn krb5_build_principal_ext "krb5_context context" "krb5_principal *principal" "int realm_len" "krb5_const_realm realm" "..."
22 .Fn krb5_build_principal_va "krb5_context context" "krb5_principal *principal" "int realm_len" "krb5_const_realm realm" "va_list ap"
24 .Fn krb5_build_principal_va_ext "krb5_context context" "krb5_principal *principal" "int realm_len" "krb5_const_realm realm" "va_list ap"
26 .Fn krb5_make_principal "krb5_context context" "krb5_principal *principal" "krb5_const_realm realm" "..."
28 These functions create a Kerberos 5 principal from a realm and a list
30 All of these functions return an allocated principal in the
32 parameter, this should be freed with
33 .Fn krb5_free_principal
40 and the length of the realm. The
41 .Fn krb5_build_principal
43 .Fn krb5_build_principal_va
44 also takes a list of components (zero-terminated strings), terminated
48 .Fn krb5_build_principal_ext
50 .Fn krb5_build_principal_va_ext
51 takes a list of length-value pairs, the list is terminated with a zero
55 .Fn krb5_make_principal
57 .Fn krb5_build_principal .
60 the default realm will be used.
62 You can not have a NUL in a component. Until someone can give a good
63 example of where it would be a good idea to have NUL's in a component,
64 this will not be fixed.
66 .Xr krb5_425_conv_principal 3 ,
67 .Xr krb5_free_principal 3 ,
68 .Xr krb5_parse_name 3 ,
69 .Xr krb5_sname_to_principal 3 ,
70 .Xr krb5_unparse_name 3