PAM_PUTENV(3) |
Library Functions Manual |
PAM_PUTENV(3) |
NAME
pam_putenv — set the value of an environment variable
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_putenv() function sets an environment variable. Its semantics are similar to those of
putenv(3), but it modifies the PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_putenv() function returns one of the following values:
-
[PAM_BUF_ERR]
-
Memory buffer error.
-
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
-
System error.
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The
pam_putenv() 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.
The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>.