NAME
mech,
qop —
GSS-API
Mechanism and QOP files
SYNOPSIS
/etc/gss/mech /etc/gss/qop
DESCRIPTION
The
/etc/gss/mech file contains a list of installed GSS-API
security mechanisms. Each line of the file either contains a comment if the
first character is '#' or it contains five fields with the following meanings:
-
-
- Name
- The name of this GSS-API mechanism.
-
-
- Object identifier
- The OID for this mechanism.
-
-
- Library
- A shared library containing the implementation of this
mechanism.
-
-
- Kernel module (optional)
- A kernel module containing the implementation of this
mechanism (not yet supported in FreeBSD).
-
-
- Library options (optional)
- Optionsal parameters interpreted by the mechanism. Library
options must be enclosed in brackets ([ ]) to differentiate them from the
optional kernel module entry.
The
/etc/gss/qop file contains a list of Quality of Protection
values for use with GSS-API. Each line of the file either contains a comment
if the first character is '#' or it contains three fields with the following
meanings:
-
-
- QOP string
- The name of this Quality of Protection algorithm.
-
-
- QOP value
- The numeric value used to select this algorithm for use
with GSS-API functions such as
gss_get_mic(3).
-
-
- Mechanism name
- The GSS-API mechanism name that corresponds to this
algorithm.
EXAMPLES
This is a typical entry from
/etc/gss/mech:
kerberosv5 1.2.840.113554.1.2.2 /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.so.8 -
This is a typical entry from
/etc/gss/qop:
GSS_KRB5_CONF_C_QOP_DES 0x0100 kerberosv5
HISTORY
The
mech manual page example first appeared in
FreeBSD 7.0.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
Doug Rabson
<
dfr@FreeBSD.org>.