NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_putenv -- set the value of an environment variable

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     PAM Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     pam_putenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *namevalue);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_putenv function sets a environment variable.  Its semantics are
     similar to those of putenv(3), but it modifies the PAM context's environment
 list instead of the application's.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_putenv function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_setenv(3), pam_strerror(3),
     putenv(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_putenv 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.


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