NAME

pam_getenv - retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable

LIBRARY

SYNOPSIS



const char * pam_getenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name)

DESCRIPTION

The pam_getenv function returns the value of an environment variable. Its semantics are similar to those of getenv(3), but it accesses the PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_getenv function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO

getenv(3), pam(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_setenv(3)

STANDARDS

AUTHORS

The pam_getenv 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.