NAME
pam_setenv – mirrors setenv(3)
LIBRARY
library “libpam”
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_setenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name, const char *value, int overwrite);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_setenv function sets a environment variable. Its semantics are similar to those of setenv(3), but it modifies the PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_setenv function returns one of the following values:
- [PAM_BUF_ERR]
-
Memory buffer error.
- [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
-
System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_unsetenv(3), setenv(3)
STANDARDS
The pam_setenv function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_setenv 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.