Method GSSAPI.Name()->export()


Method export

string export(void|string mech)

Description

Returns the name on the exported format. If mech isn't given then the name has to be a mechanism name (MN). If mech is given then the name is canonicalized according to that mechanism before being exported (see canonicalize).

This wraps GSS_Export_name according to RFC 2743 section 2.4.15.

Note

This function might block on network connections to remote authentication servers if mech is specified.