PAM_GETENV(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					     PAM_GETENV(3)

NAME

     pam_getenv -- retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable

LIBRARY

     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>

     const char *
     pam_getenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

     The pam_getenv function returns the value of an environment variable.  Its semantics are similar to those of getenv(3), but it accesses the
     PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.

RETURN VALUES

     The pam_getenv function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO

     getenv(3), pam(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_setenv(3)

STANDARDS

     X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.

AUTHORS

     The pam_getenv 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.

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