# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_rd_error - Decode a KRB-ERROR message.

krb5_error_code krb5_rd_error(krb5_context context, const krb5_data *enc_errbuf, krb5_error **dec_error)

param:

  [in] context - Library context

  [in] enc_errbuf - Encoded error message

  [out] dec_error - Decoded error message

retval:

  - 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes

This function processes KRB-ERROR message enc_errbuf and returns an allocated structure dec_error containing the error message. Use krb5_free_error() to free dec_error when it is no longer needed.