freebsd man page for pam_set_item

PAM_SET_ITEM(3) 					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					   PAM_SET_ITEM(3)

NAME
     pam_set_item -- set authentication information

LIBRARY
     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

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

     int
     pam_set_item(pam_handle_t *pamh, int item_type, const void *item);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_set_item() function sets the item specified by the item_type argument to a copy of the object pointed to by the item argument.  The
     item is stored in the PAM context specified by the pamh argument.	See pam_get_item(3) for a list of recognized item types.

RETURN VALUES
     The pam_set_item() function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]	 Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_SYMBOL_ERR]	 Invalid symbol.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]	 System error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_strerror(3)

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

AUTHORS
     The pam_set_item() 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 Smorgrav <des@des.no>.

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