NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_get_data -- get module information

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     PAM Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     pam_get_data(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *module_data_name,
         const void **data);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_get_data function looks up the opaque object associated with the
     string specified by the module_data_name argument, in the PAM context
     specified by the pamh argument.  A pointer to the object is stored in the
     location pointed to by the data argument.

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

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_get_data function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA]
                         Module data not found.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam(3), pam_set_data(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_get_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.  under
     DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA
     CHATS research program.


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