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.Dd May  1, 2006
.Dt KRB5_PARSE_NAME 3
.Os HEIMDAL
.Sh NAME
.Nm krb5_parse_name
.Nd string to principal conversion
.Sh LIBRARY
Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In krb5.h
.Ft krb5_error_code
.Fn krb5_parse_name "krb5_context context" "const char *name" "krb5_principal *principal"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn krb5_parse_name
converts a string representation of a principal name to
.Nm krb5_principal .
The
.Fa principal
will point to allocated data that should be freed with
.Fn krb5_free_principal .
.Pp
The string should consist of one or more name components separated with slashes
.Pq Dq / ,
optionally followed with an
.Dq @
and a realm name. A slash or @ may be contained in a name component by
quoting it with a backslash
.Pq Dq \e .
A realm should not contain slashes or colons.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr krb5_425_conv_principal 3 ,
.Xr krb5_build_principal 3 ,
.Xr krb5_free_principal 3 ,
.Xr krb5_sname_to_principal 3 ,
.Xr krb5_unparse_name 3