gnutls_x509_crq_get_dn(3) gnutls gnutls_x509_crq_get_dn(3)

gnutls_x509_crq_get_dn - API function

#include <gnutls/x509.h>

int gnutls_x509_crq_get_dn(gnutls_x509_crq_t crq, char * buf, size_t * buf_size);

should contain a gnutls_x509_crq_t type
a pointer to a structure to hold the name (may be NULL)
initially holds the size of buf

This function will copy the name of the Certificate request subject to the provided buffer. The name will be in the form "C=xxxx,O=yyyy,CN=zzzz" as described in RFC 2253. The output string
buf will be ASCII or UTF-8 encoded, depending on the certificate data.

This function does not output a fully RFC4514 compliant string, if that is required see gnutls_x509_crq_get_dn3().

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.

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