NAME
pam_set_item —
set authentication
information
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_SUCCESS
]
- Success.
-
-
- [
PAM_BAD_ITEM
]
- Unrecognized or restricted item.
-
-
- [
PAM_BUF_ERR
]
- Memory buffer 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
Smørgrav
<
des@des.no>.