# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_copy_principal - Copy a principal.

krb5_error_code `krb5_copy_principal`(krb5_context context, krb5_const_principal inprinc, krb5_principal * outprinc)

param: | [in] context - Library context [in] inprinc - Principal to be copied [out] outprinc - Copy of inprinc

retval: | 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes

This function creates a new principal structure with the contents of inprinc . Use `krb5_free_principal()` to free outprinc when it is no longer needed.