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pam_set_item(3)						       pam_set_item(3)

NAME
       pam_set_item,  pam_get_item  -  authentication information routines for
       PAM

SYNOPSIS
       [ flag ... ] file ...  [ library ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       and allow applications and PAM service modules to access and update PAM
       information  as needed.	The information is specified by item_type, and
       can be one of the following:

       The service name.

       The user name.

       The user authentication token.

       The old user authentication token.

       The tty name.

       The remote host name.

       The remote user name.

       The pam_conv structure.

       The default prompt used by

       The item_type and are available only to the module providers for	 secu‐
       rity  reasons.	The authentication module, account module, and session
       management module should treat as the current authentication token, and
       should  ignore  The password management module should treat as the cur‐
       rent authentication token and as the new authentication token.

       is passed the authentication handle, pamh, returned by a pointer to the
       object,	item, and its type, item_type.	If successful, copies the item
       to an internal storage area allocated by the authentication module  and
       returns An item that had been previously set will be overwritten by the
       new value.

       is passed the authentication handle, pamh, returned  by	an  item_type,
       and  the address of the pointer, item, which is assigned the address of
       the requested object.  The object data is valid	until  modified	 by  a
       subsequent  call to for the same item_type, or unless it is modified by
       any of the underlying service modules.  If the item has not been previ‐
       ously  set, returns a NULL pointer.  An item retrieved by should not be
       modified or freed.  The item will be released by

APPLICATION USAGE
       Refer to pam(3) for information on thread-safety of PAM interfaces.

RETURN VALUES
       Upon success, returns otherwise it returns an  error  code.   Refer  to
       pam(3) for information on error related return values.

SEE ALSO
       pam_start(3),   pam_authenticate(3),   pam_acct_mgmt(3),	 pam_open_ses‐
       sion(3), pam_setcred(3), pam_chauthtok(3), pam_get_user(3), pam(3).

							       pam_set_item(3)
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