# MIT Kerberos Documentation

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# krb5_marshal_credentials - Serialize a krb5_creds object.

krb5_error_code `krb5_marshal_credentials`(krb5_context context, krb5_creds * in_creds, krb5_data ** data_out)

param: | [in] context - Library context [in] in_creds - The credentials object to serialize [out] data_out - The serialized credentials

retval: | 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes

Serialize creds in the format used by the FILE ccache format (vesion 4) and KCM ccache protocol.

Use `krb5_free_data()` to free data_out when it is no longer needed.