mojave man page for openpam_borrow_cred

Query: openpam_borrow_cred

OS: mojave

Section: 3

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OPENPAM_BORROW_CRED(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 				    OPENPAM_BORROW_CRED(3)

NAME
openpam_borrow_cred -- temporarily borrow user credentials
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> #include <security/openpam.h> int openpam_borrow_cred(pam_handle_t *pamh, const struct passwd *pwd);
DESCRIPTION
The openpam_borrow_cred function saves the current credentials and switches to those of the user specified by its pwd argument. The affected credentials are the effective UID, the effective GID, and the group access list. The original credentials can be restored using openpam_restore_cred(3).
RETURN VALUES
The openpam_borrow_cred function returns one of the following values: [PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error. [PAM_PERM_DENIED] Permission denied. [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO
setegid(2), seteuid(2), setgroups(2), openpam_restore_cred(3), pam(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
The openpam_borrow_cred function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The openpam_borrow_cred function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laborato- ries, 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
openpam_set_option(3) - mojave
openpam_set_option(3) - netbsd
openpam_borrow_cred(3) - osx
openpam_restore_cred(3) - osx
openpam_set_option(3) - freebsd
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