Outputs:

   o  major_status INTEGER,

   o  minor_status INTEGER,

   o  mech_set SET OF OBJECT IDENTIFIER

   Return major_status codes:

   o  GSS_COMPLETE indicates that a set of available mechanisms has
      been returned in mech_set.

   o  GSS_FAILURE indicates that the requested operation could not
      be performed for reasons unspecified at the GSS-API level.

   Allows callers to determine the set of mechanism types available on
   the local system. This call is intended for support of specialized
   callers who need to request non-default mech_type sets from
   GSS_Acquire_cred(),  and should not be needed by other callers.

2.4.3.  GSS_Compare_name call

   Inputs:





 
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   o  name1 INTERNAL NAME,

   o  name2 INTERNAL NAME

   Outputs:

   o  major_status INTEGER,

   o  minor_status INTEGER,

   o  name_equal BOOLEAN

   Return major_status codes:

   o  GSS_COMPLETE indicates that name1 and name2 were comparable, and
      that the name_equal result indicates whether name1 and name2 were
      equal or unequal.

   o  GSS_BAD_NAMETYPE indicates that one or both of name1 and name2
      contained internal type specifiers uninterpretable by the
      supporting GSS-API implementation, or that the two names' types
      are different and incomparable, so the equality comparison could
      not be completed.

   o  GSS_BAD_NAME indicates that one or both of the input names was
      ill-formed in terms of its internal type specifier, so the
      equality comparison could not be completed.

   o  GSS_FAILURE indicates that the requested operation could not be
      performed for reasons unspecified at the GSS-API level.

   Allows callers to compare two internal name representations for
   equality.

2.4.4.  GSS_Display_name call

   Inputs:

   o  name INTERNAL NAME

   Outputs:

   o  major_status INTEGER,

   o  minor_status INTEGER,

   o  name_string OCTET STRING,





 
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   o  name_type OBJECT IDENTIFIER

   Return major_status codes:

   o  GSS_COMPLETE indicates that a valid printable name representation
      is available in the returned name_string.

   o  GSS_BAD_NAMETYPE indicates that the provided name was of a type
      uninterpretable by the supporting GSS-API implementation, so no
      printable representation could be generated.