NAME

pam_get_data - get module information

LIBRARY

SYNOPSIS



int pam_get_data(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *module_data_name, const void **data)

DESCRIPTION

The pam_get_data function looks up the opaque object associated with the string specified by the module_data_name argument, in the PAM context specified by the pamh argument. A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the data argument.

This function and its counterpart pam_set_data(3) are useful for managing data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_get_data function returns one of the following values:

[PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA]
Module data not found.

[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
System error.

SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_set_data(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS

AUTHORS

The pam_get_data 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.