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ldapu_get_cert_ava_val()
Gets the value of the given DN component from either the subject's DN or the CA's DN in a certificate.
NSAPI_PUBLIC int ldapu_get_cert_ava_val (void *cert,
int which_dn, const char *attr, char ***val);
This function has the following parameters:
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Name
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Description
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cert |
Certificate for which you want the DN component.
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which_dn |
Pass one of the following values for this argument:
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attr |
Specifies the DN component that you want the value of
(CN, OU, O, C, UID, MAIL, E, L, and ST).
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val |
An array of values for that DN component.
A DN component might have multiple values. For example:
cn=Babs Jensen, ou=Accounting, ou=Finance, o=Netscape, c=US
The last entry in the array is NULL.
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Returns one of the following values:
Description
Call this function to get the value of a component in the certificate subject's DN or the CA's DN. If you want to get the entire DN, call ldapu_get_cert_subject_dn() or ldapu_get_cert_issuer_dn() instead.
You must free this array of strings after you are done with it. Call the function ldapu_free_cert_ava_val() to free this array. (If an error occurs, the val argument is initialized to NULL.)
ldapu_get_cert_subject_dn(), ldapu_get_cert_issuer_dn(), ldapu_get_cert_ava_val().
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