mech.4 (2010 09)

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mech(4) mech(4)
NAME
mech, qop - security mechanism and quality of protection (QOP) files
SYNOPSIS
/etc/gss/mech
/etc/gss/qop
DESCRIPTION
The /etc/gss/mech
and /etc/gss/qop files contain tables showing installed security mechanisms
and the Quality of Protection (QOP) associated with them, respectively. These files are accessed by GSS-
API calls; see gssapi (5).
As security mechanisms are installed on the system, entries are added to these two files.
Contents of these files may be accessed either manually or programmatically; for example, manually with
cat (1) or more(1), or programmatically with either rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3N) or
rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3N).
/etc/gss/mech
The
/etc/gss/mech
file contains these fields:
mechanism name ASCII string representing the mechanism.
object identifier OID for this mechanism.
shared library Shared library which implements the services provided by this mechanism.
kernel module Kernel module which implements the services provided by this mechanism.
/etc/gss/qop
The
/etc/gss/qop file contains these fields:
QOP string Name, in ASCII, of this Quality of Protection.
QOP value Numeric value by which QOP can be identified.
mechanism name ASCII string representing the mechanism with which this QOP is associated.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: A Typical Entry in
/etc/gss/mech
.
krb5_mech 1.2.840.113554.1.2.2 libgssapi_krb5.sl krb5
Example 2: A Typical Entry in /etc/gss/qop.
GSS_KRB5_INTEG_C_QOP_DES_MD5 0 krb5_mech
AUTHOR
mech and qop were developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
SEE ALSO
rpc(3N), rpc_gss_get_mechanisms(3N), rpc_gss_get_mech_info(3N), rpcsec_gss(3N), gssapi(5).
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