# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_c_init_state - Initialize a new cipher state.

krb5_error_code `krb5_c_init_state`(krb5_context context, const krb5_keyblock * key, krb5_keyusage usage, krb5_data * new_state)

param: | [in] context - Library context [in] key - Key [in] usage - Key usage (see `KRB5_KEYUSAGE` types) [out] new_state - New cipher state

retval: | 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes