# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_recvauth - Server function for sendauth protocol.

krb5_error_code `krb5_recvauth`(krb5_context context, krb5_auth_context * auth_context, krb5_pointer fd, char * appl_version, krb5_principal server, krb5_int32 flags, krb5_keytab keytab, krb5_ticket ** ticket)

param: | [in] context - Library context [inout] auth_context - Pre-existing or newly created auth context [in] fd - File descriptor [in] appl_version - Application protocol version to be matched against the client’s application version [in] server - Server principal (NULL for any in keytab ) [in] flags - Additional specifications [in] keytab - Key table containing service keys [out] ticket - Ticket (NULL if not needed)

retval: | 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes

This function performs the server side of a sendauth/recvauth exchange by sending and receiving messages over fd .

Use `krb5_free_ticket()` to free ticket when it is no longer needed.

See also

`krb5_sendauth()`