May 5, 2006 KRB5_IS_THREAD_SAFE 3

### NAME

krb5_is_thread_safe - is the Kerberos library compiled with multithread support

### LIBRARY

Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)

### SYNOPSIS

```krb5_boolean` krb5_is_thread_safe(```void`)

### DESCRIPTION

krb5_is_thread_safe returns ```TRUE` if the library was compiled with with multithread support. If the library isn't compiled, the consumer have to use a global lock to make sure Kerboros functions are not called at the same time by diffrent threads.

### SEE ALSO

krb5_create_checksum(3), krb5_encrypt(3)