NAME
pam_get_item
- get PAM information
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
int
pam_get_item(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int item_type, const void **item)
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_get_item
function stores a pointer to the item specified by
the
item_type
argument in the location specified by the
item
argument.
The item is retrieved from the PAM context specified by the
pamh
argument.
The following item types are recognized:
PAM_SERVICE-
The name of the requesting service.
PAM_USER-
The name of the user the application is trying to
authenticate.
PAM_TTY-
The name of the current terminal.
PAM_RHOST-
The name of the applicant's host.
PAM_CONV-
A
describing the current conversation
function.
PAM_AUTHTOK-
The current authentication token.
PAM_OLDAUTHTOK-
The expired authentication token.
PAM_RUSER-
The name of the applicant.
PAM_USER_PROMPT-
The prompt to use when asking the applicant for a user
name to authenticate as.
PAM_AUTHTOK_PROMPT-
The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
authentication token.
PAM_OLDAUTHTOK_PROMPT-
The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
expired authentication token prior to changing it.
PAM_SOCKADDR-
The sockaddr_storage of the applicants's host.
PAM_NUSER-
The
``nested''
user if this is a login on top of a previous one.
See
pam_start(3)
for a description of
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_get_item
function returns one of the following values:
- [
PAM_SYMBOL_ERR] -
Invalid symbol.
- [
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] -
System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3),
pam_set_item(3),
pam_start(3),
pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
AUTHORS
The
pam_get_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.