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Manual Pages  — PAM_SET_DATA

NAME

pam_set_data – set module information

CONTENTS

SYNOPSIS

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

int
pam_set_data(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *module_data_name, void *data, void (*cleanup)(pam_handle_t *pamh, void *data, int pam_end_status));

DESCRIPTION

The pam_set_data() function associates a pointer to an opaque object with an arbitrary string specified by the module_data_name argument, in the PAM context specified by the pamh argument.

If not NULL, the cleanup argument should point to a function responsible for releasing the resources associated with the object.

This function and its counterpart pam_get_data(3) are useful for managing data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_set_data() function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_SUCCESS]
  Success.
[PAM_BUF_ERR]
  Memory buffer error.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
  System error.

SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_get_data(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS

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

AUTHORS

The pam_set_data() 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_SET_DATA (3) June 27, 2023

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