KRB5_RD_ERROR(3) | Library Functions Manual | KRB5_RD_ERROR(3)

# NAME

`krb5_rd_error`, `krb5_free_error`, `krb5_free_error_contents`, `krb5_error_from_rd_error` —
parse, free and read error from KRB-ERROR message

# LIBRARY

Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <krb5/krb5.h>`

krb5_error_code
`krb5_rd_error`(krb5_context context, const krb5_data *msg, KRB_ERROR *result);

void
`krb5_free_error`(krb5_context context, krb5_error *error);

void
`krb5_free_error_contents`(krb5_context context, krb5_error *error);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_error_from_rd_error`(krb5_context context, const krb5_error *error, const krb5_creds *creds);

# DESCRIPTION

Usually applications never needs to parse and understand Kerberos error messages since higher level functions will parse and push up the error in the krb5_context. These functions are described for completeness.

`krb5_rd_error`() parses and returns the kerboeros error message, the structure should be freed with `krb5_free_error_contents`() when the caller is done with the structure.

`krb5_free_error`() frees the content and the memory region holding the structure iself.

`krb5_free_error_contents`() free the content of the KRB-ERROR message.

`krb5_error_from_rd_error`() will parse the error message and set the error buffer in krb5_context to the error string passed back or the matching error code in the KRB-ERROR message. Caller should pick up the message with `krb5_get_error_string`(3) (don't forget to free the returned string with `krb5_free_error_string`()).

# SEE ALSO

krb5(3), krb5_set_error_string(3), krb5_get_error_string(3), krb5.conf(5)

July 26, 2004 | NetBSD 9.0