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32 .Dt GSS_COMPARE_NAME PRM
35 .Nd Compare two internal-form names
36 .\" This next command is for sections 2 and 3 only.
42 .Fa "OM_uint32 *minor_status"
43 .Fa "const gss_name_t name1"
44 .Fa "const gss_name_t name2"
48 Allows an application to compare two internal-form names to determine
49 whether they refer to the same entity.
51 If either name presented to
53 denotes an anonymous principal,
54 the routines should indicate that the two names do not refer to the
59 Mechanism specific status code.
67 Names refer to same entity
69 Names refer to different entities (strictly, the names are not known
70 to refer to the same identity).
77 .It GSS_S_BAD_NAMETYPE
78 The two names were of incomparable types.
80 One or both of name1 or name2 was ill-formed.
85 Generic Security Service Application Program Interface Version 2, Update 1
87 Generic Security Service API Version 2 : C-bindings
93 manual page example first appeared in
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