# Class GSSAPI.Name

Description

  An object of this class contains a name on the internal form which is required by the GSS-API functions. See RFC 2743, section 1.1.5.

Method create

  `GSSAPI.Name GSSAPI.Name(string name, void|string name_type)`

Description

  This wraps `GSS_Import_name` according to RFC 2743 section 2.4.5.

Parameter `name`

  A name on string form (a contiguous string name in GSS-API parlance).

Parameter `name_type`

  The OID on dotted-decimal form for the type of the name in name. If left out, name is parsed according to a mechanism-specific default printable syntax.

Note

  If name is the result of export or a similar function then name_type should be GSSAPI.NT_EXPORT_NAME.