HP Open Source Security for OpenVMS Volume 3: Kerberos > Chapter 6 KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_cc_close — Close the credentials cache

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C Prototype

krb5_error_code krb5_cc_close(
krb5_context context,
krb5_ccache id );

Arguments

context (input/output) 

The context structure.

id (input/output)  

A credentials cache identifier.

Description

This routine closes the credentials cache id, invalidates id, and releases id and any other resources acquired during use of the credentials cache. It requires that id identifies a valid credentials cache. After return, id must not be used unless it is first reinitialized using krb5_cc_resolve or krb5_cc_gen_new.

Return Values

This routine returns the following KRB5 status code:

Successful completion.