gnutls_x509_crt_get_issuer_dn(3)

Linux manual pages	Section 3: Subroutines

Name

gnutls_x509_crt_get_issuer_dn — API function

Synopsis

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

`int gnutls_x509_crt_get_issuer_dn(`	gnutls_x509_crt_t `cert`,
	char * `buf`,
	size_t * `buf_size)`;

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_x509_crt_t cert: should contain a gnutls_x509_crt_t structure
char * buf: a pointer to a structure to hold the name (may be null)
size_t * buf_size: initially holds the size of buf

DESCRIPTION

This function will copy the name of the Certificate issuer in the provided buffer. The name will be in the form "C=xxxx,O=yyyy,CN=zzzz" as described in RFC4514. The output string will be ASCII or UTF−8 encoded, depending on the certificate data.

If buf is null then only the size will be filled.

RETURNS

GNUTLS_E_SHORT_MEMORY_BUFFER if the provided buffer is not long enough, and in that case the buf_size will be updated with the required size. On success 0 is returned.

REPORTING BUGS

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