PAM_GETENV(3)

PAM_GETENV(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_GETENV(3)

# NAME

pam_getenv — retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable

# LIBRARY

Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

# 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. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.

December 18, 2011 | NetBSD 5.99