August 15, 2004 NAME 3

### NAME

krb5_getportbyname - get port number by name

### LIBRARY

Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)

### SYNOPSIS

```int` krb5_getportbyname(`` ```krb5_context context` ```const char *service` ```const char *proto` ```int default_port` )

### DESCRIPTION

krb5_getportbyname(``) gets the port number for ```service``/` ```proto` pair from the global service table for and returns it in network order. If it isn't found in the global table, the ```default_port` (given in host order) is returned.

### EXAMPLE

`

    int port = krb5_getportbyname(context, "kerberos", "tcp", 88);

`

### SEE ALSO

krb5(3)