# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_principal_compare_flags - Compare two principals with additional flags.

krb5_boolean `krb5_principal_compare_flags`(krb5_context context, krb5_const_principal princ1, krb5_const_principal princ2, int flags)

param: | [in] context - Library context [in] princ1 - First principal [in] princ2 - Second principal [in] flags - Flags

retval: | TRUE if the principal names are the same; FALSE otherwise

Valid flags are:

> - `KRB5_PRINCIPAL_COMPARE_IGNORE_REALM` - ignore realm component
> - `KRB5_PRINCIPAL_COMPARE_ENTERPRISE` - UPNs as real principals
> - `KRB5_PRINCIPAL_COMPARE_CASEFOLD` case-insensitive
> - `KRB5_PRINCIPAL_COMPARE_UTF8` - treat principals as UTF-8

See also

`krb5_principal_compare()`