KRB5_STRING_TO_KEY(3) | Library Functions Manual | KRB5_STRING_TO_KEY(3)

# NAME

`krb5_string_to_key`, `krb5_string_to_key_data`, `krb5_string_to_key_data_salt`, `krb5_string_to_key_data_salt_opaque`, `krb5_string_to_key_salt`, `krb5_string_to_key_salt_opaque`, `krb5_get_pw_salt`, `krb5_free_salt` —
turns a string to a Kerberos key

# LIBRARY

Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <krb5/krb5.h>`

krb5_error_code
`krb5_string_to_key`(krb5_context context, krb5_enctype enctype, const char *password, krb5_principal principal, krb5_keyblock *key);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_string_to_key_data`(krb5_context context, krb5_enctype enctype, krb5_data password, krb5_principal principal, krb5_keyblock *key);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_string_to_key_data_salt`(krb5_context context, krb5_enctype enctype, krb5_data password, krb5_salt salt, krb5_keyblock *key);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_string_to_key_data_salt_opaque`(krb5_context context, krb5_enctype enctype, krb5_data password, krb5_salt salt, krb5_data opaque, krb5_keyblock *key);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_string_to_key_salt`(krb5_context context, krb5_enctype enctype, const char *password, krb5_salt salt, krb5_keyblock *key);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_string_to_key_salt_opaque`(krb5_context context, krb5_enctype enctype, const char *password, krb5_salt salt, krb5_data opaque, krb5_keyblock *key);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_get_pw_salt`(krb5_context context, krb5_const_principal principal, krb5_salt *salt);

krb5_error_code
`krb5_free_salt`(krb5_context context, krb5_salt salt);

# DESCRIPTION

The string to key functions convert a string to a kerberos key.

`krb5_string_to_key_data_salt_opaque`() is the function that does all the work, the rest of the functions are just wrappers around `krb5_string_to_key_data_salt_opaque`() that calls it with default values.

`krb5_string_to_key_data_salt_opaque`() transforms the password with the given salt-string salt and the opaque, encryption type specific parameter opaque to a encryption key key according to the string to key function associated with enctype.

The key should be freed with `krb5_free_keyblock_contents`().

If one of the functions that doesn't take a `krb5_salt` as it argument `krb5_get_pw_salt`() is used to get the salt value.

`krb5_get_pw_salt`() get the default password salt for a principal, use `krb5_free_salt`() to free the salt when done.

`krb5_free_salt`() frees the content of salt.

# SEE ALSO

krb5(3), krb5_data(3), krb5_keyblock(3), kerberos(8)

July 10, 2006 | NetBSD 9.2