mojave man page for pam_get_user

Query: pam_get_user

OS: mojave

Section: 3

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PAM_GET_USER(3) 					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					   PAM_GET_USER(3)

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.
BSD
December 21, 2007 BSD
Related Man Pages
pam_chauthtok(3) - mojave
pam_setcred(3) - mojave
pam_get_item(3) - netbsd
pam_chauthtok(3) - osx
pam_get_authtok(3) - osx
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