NAME
pam_set_item – set authentication information
LIBRARY
library “libpam”
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_BUF_ERR]
-
Memory buffer error.
- [PAM_SYMBOL_ERR]
-
Invalid symbol.
- [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
-
System error.
SEE ALSO
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.