NAME
pam_get_user —
retrieve user name
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include
<security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_get_user(pam_handle_t
*pamh, const char
**user, const char
*prompt);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_get_user function returns the name
of the target user, as specified to
pam_start(3). If no user was specified, nor set using
pam_set_item(3), pam_get_user will prompt for
a user name. Either way, a pointer to the user name is stored in the
location pointed to by the user argument.
The prompt argument specifies a prompt to
use if no user name is cached. If it is NULL, the
PAM_USER_PROMPT will be used. If that item is also
NULL, a hardcoded default prompt will be used.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_get_user function returns one of
the following values:
- [
PAM_BUF_ERR] - Memory buffer error.
- [
PAM_CONV_ERR] - Conversation failure.
- [
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] - System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_get_authtok(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_start(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_get_user 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.