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.Dd May  1, 2006
.Dt KRB5_CREDS 3
.Os HEIMDAL
.Sh NAME
.Nm krb5_creds ,
.Nm krb5_copy_creds ,
.Nm krb5_copy_creds_contents ,
.Nm krb5_free_creds ,
.Nm krb5_free_cred_contents
.Nd Kerberos 5 credential handling functions
.Sh LIBRARY
Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In krb5.h
.Ft krb5_error_code
.Fo krb5_copy_creds
.Fa "krb5_context context"
.Fa "const krb5_creds *incred"
.Fa "krb5_creds **outcred"
.Fc
.Ft krb5_error_code
.Fo krb5_copy_creds_contents
.Fa "krb5_context context"
.Fa "const krb5_creds *incred"
.Fa "krb5_creds *outcred"
.Fc
.Ft krb5_error_code
.Fo krb5_free_creds
.Fa "krb5_context context"
.Fa "krb5_creds *outcred"
.Fc
.Ft krb5_error_code
.Fo krb5_free_cred_contents
.Fa "krb5_context context"
.Fa "krb5_creds *cred"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Vt krb5_creds
holds Kerberos credentials:
.Bd -literal -offset
typedef struct krb5_creds {
    krb5_principal	client;
    krb5_principal	server;
    krb5_keyblock	session;
    krb5_times		times;
    krb5_data		ticket;
    krb5_data		second_ticket;
    krb5_authdata	authdata;
    krb5_addresses	addresses;
    krb5_ticket_flags	flags;
} krb5_creds;
.Ed
.Pp
.Fn krb5_copy_creds
makes a copy of
.Fa incred
to
.Fa outcred .
.Fa outcred
should be freed with
.Fn krb5_free_creds
by the caller.
.Pp
.Fn krb5_copy_creds_contents
makes a copy of the content of
.Fa incred
to
.Fa outcreds .
.Fa outcreds
should be freed by the called with
.Fn krb5_free_creds_contents .
.Pp
.Fn krb5_free_creds
frees the content of the
.Fa cred
structure and the structure itself.
.Pp
.Fn krb5_free_cred_contents
frees the content of the
.Fa cred
structure.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr krb5 3 ,
.Xr krb5_compare_creds 3 ,
.Xr krb5_get_init_creds 3 ,
.Xr kerberos 8