gnutls_x509_crt_get_subject

Section: gnutls (3)
Updated: 2.8.5
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NAME

gnutls_x509_crt_get_subject - API function

SYNOPSIS

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_crt_get_subject(gnutls_x509_crt_t cert, gnutls_x509_dn_t * dn);

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_x509_crt_t cert: should contain a gnutls_x509_crt_t structure
gnutls_x509_dn_t * dn: output variable with pointer to opaque DN.

DESCRIPTION

Return the Certificate's Subject DN as an opaque data type. You may use gnutls_x509_dn_get_rdn_ava() to decode the DN.

Note that dn should be treated as constant. Because points into the cert object, you may not deallocate cert and continue to access dn.

RETURNS

Returns 0 on success, or an error code.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>. GnuTLS home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

COPYRIGHT

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