osx man page for pam_get_data

Query: pam_get_data

OS: osx

Section: 3

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PAM_GET_DATA(3) 					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					   PAM_GET_DATA(3)

NAME
pam_get_data -- get module information
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_get_data(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *module_data_name, const void **data);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_get_data function looks up the opaque object associated with the string specified by the module_data_name argument, in the PAM con- text specified by the pamh argument. A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the data argument. This function and its counterpart pam_set_data(3) are useful for managing data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_get_data function returns one of the following values: [PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA] Module data not found. [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_set_data(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_get_data 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_get_data(3) - osx
pam_set_data(3) - mojave
pam_strerror(3) - netbsd
pam_set_data(3) - osx
pam_get_data(3) - freebsd
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