NAME
pam_get_data —
get module information
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include
<security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_get_data(const
pam_handle_t *pamh, const
char *module_data_name,
const void **data);
DESCRIPTION
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
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
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
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.