NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     auth_getval -- functions for reading values from /etc/auth.conf

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <libutil.h>

     char *
     auth_getval(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The function auth_getval() returns the value associated with the field
     called name or NULL if no such field is found or the auth file cannot be
     opened.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     properties_free(3), properties_read(3), property_find(3), auth.conf(5)

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/auth.conf contains the name=value pairs looked up by auth_getval().


FreeBSD 5.2.1			October 7, 1998 		 FreeBSD 5.2.1