pam_setcred(3PAM) PAM Library Functions pam_setcred(3PAM)
NAME
pam_setcred - modify or delete user credentials for an authentication service
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpam [ library ... ]
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int pam_setcred(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_setcred() function is used to establish, modify, or delete user credentials. It is typically called after the user has been authen-
ticated and after a session has been validated. See pam_authenticate(3PAM) and pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM).
The user is specified by a prior call to pam_start() or pam_set_item(), and is referenced by the authentication handle, pamh. The following
flags may be set in the flags field. Note that the first four flags are mutually exclusive:
PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED Set user credentials for an authentication service.
PAM_DELETE_CRED Delete user credentials associated with an authentication service.
PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED Reinitialize user credentials.
PAM_REFRESH_CRED Extend lifetime of user credentials.
PAM_SILENT Authentication service should not generate any messages.
If no flag is set, PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED is used as the default.
RETURN VALUES
Upon success, pam_setcred() returns PAM_SUCCESS. In addition to the error return values described in pam(3PAM) the following values may be
returned upon error:
PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL Underlying authentication service can not retrieve user credentials unavailable.
PAM_CRED_EXPIRED User credentials expired.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN User unknown to underlying authentication service.
PAM_CRED_ERR Failure setting user credentials.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability | Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe with exceptions |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
pam(3PAM), pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), pam_set_item(3PAM), pam_start(3PAM), libpam(3LIB), attributes(5)
NOTES
The interfaces in libpam are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multithreaded application uses its own PAM handle.
SunOS 5.11 10 Jan 2008 pam_setcred(3PAM)