NAME¶

gss - Generic Security Service command line interface

SYNOPSIS¶

gss OPTIONS...

DESCRIPTION¶

Command line interface to GSS, used to explain error codes.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-V, --version

Print version and exit.

-l, --list-mechanisms

List information about supported mechanisms in a human readable format.

-m, --major=LONG

Describe a `major status' error code value.

-a, --accept-sec-context[=MECH]

Accept a security context as server. If MECH is not specified, no credentials will be acquired. Use "*" to use library default mechanism.

-i, --init-sec-context=MECH

Initialize a security context as client. MECH is the SASL name of mechanism, use -l to list supported mechanisms.

-n, --server-name=SERVICE@HOSTNAME

For -i and -a, set the name of the remote host. For example, "imap@mail.example.com".

-q, --quiet

Silent operation (default=off).

AUTHOR¶

Written by Simon Josefsson.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to: bug-gss@gnu.org
GNU Generic Security Service home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gss/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2014 Simon Josefsson. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for gss is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and gss programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info gss

should give you access to the complete manual.