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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 uint8_t DN.

DESCRIPTION

Return the Certificate's Subject DN as a gnutls_x509_dn_t data type, that can be decoded using gnutls_x509_dn_get_rdn_ava().

Note that dn should be treated as constant. Because it points into the cert object, you should not use dn after cert is deallocated.

RETURNS

Returns 0 on success, or an error code.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.

Home page: http://www.gnutls.org

SEE ALSO

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