PAM_SETENV(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PAM_SETENV(3)
NAME
pam_setenv -- mirrors setenv(3)
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_setenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name, const char *value, int overwrite);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_setenv function sets a environment variable. Its semantics are similar to those of setenv(3), but it modifies the PAM context's
environment list instead of the application's.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_setenv function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_strerror(3), setenv(3)
STANDARDS
The pam_setenv function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_setenv 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 18, 2011 BSD
