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40 .Nd string to principal conversion
42 Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
46 .Fn krb5_parse_name "krb5_context context" "const char *name" "krb5_principal *principal"
49 converts a string representation of a principal name to
53 will point to allocated data that should be freed with
54 .Fn krb5_free_principal .
56 The string should consist of one or more name components separated with slashes
58 optionally followed with an
60 and a realm name. A slash or @ may be contained in a name component by
61 quoting it with a backslash
63 A realm should not contain slashes or colons.
65 .Xr krb5_425_conv_principal 3 ,
66 .Xr krb5_build_principal 3 ,
67 .Xr krb5_free_principal 3 ,
68 .Xr krb5_sname_to_principal 3 ,
69 .Xr krb5_unparse_name 3