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.
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