libkrb5.3 (2010 09)

libkrb5(3) libkrb5(3)

Operating System-Speciﬁc APIs

These APIs provide an interface between the other parts of the

libkrb5 libraries and the operating sys-

tem. These include APIs to allow access to conﬁguration speciﬁc information, disk based I/O operations,

network based operations and operating system speciﬁc access APIs. Some of the common APIs are

krb5_set_config_file()

, krb5_get_default_realm()

, krb5_get_krbhst()

krb5_gen_portaddr()

, krb5_read_message()

, krb5_kuserok()

, krb5_timeofday()

, and

krb5_read_passwd()

Application-Speciﬁc and Miscellaneous APIs

These APIs deal with sending and receiving KRB5 protocol messages to the Kerberos server, ticket

management and miscellaneous calls. Some of the common APIs are

krb5_get_cred_from_kdc()

krb5_get_credentials()

, krb5_get_in_tkt_with_password()

, krb5_rd_rep()

krb5_mk_error()

, krb5_sendauth()

, and krb5_recvauth()

WARNINGS

It is strongly recommended that you use GSS-API instead of Kerberos calls. The Kerberos libraries are

not thread safe.

AUTHOR

Kerberos client libraries were developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This version of the

libraries is compatible with MIT1.3.5.