tail head cat sleep
QR code linking to this page
Main index Section 3
Go to:
Options

Manual Pages  — PAM_GETENV

NAME

pam_getenv – retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>

const char *
pam_getenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

The pam_getenv() function returns the value of an environment variable. Its semantics are similar to those of getenv(3), but it accesses the PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_getenv() function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO

getenv(3), pam(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_setenv(3)

STANDARDS

X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.

AUTHORS

The pam_getenv() function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.amp; under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.

The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Sm/orgrav <Mt des@des.no>.

PAM_GETENV (3) June 27, 2023
tail head cat sleep
QR code linking to this page
Main index Section 3
Go to:
Options

Please direct any comments about this manual page service to Ben Bullock. Privacy policy.

“ Today, the Unix equivalent of a power drill would have 20 dials and switches, come with a nonstandard plug, require the user to hand-wind the motor coil, and not accept 3/8" or 7/8" drill bits (though this would be documented in the BUGS section of its instruction manual). ”
— The Unix Haters' handbook