NAME

pam_setcred - modify / delete user credentials for an authentication service

LIBRARY

SYNOPSIS



int pam_setcred(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags)

DESCRIPTION

The pam_setcred function manages the application's credentials.

The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:

PAM_SILENT
Do not emit any messages.

PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
Establish the credentials of the target user.

PAM_DELETE_CRED
Revoke all established credentials.

PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
Fully reinitialise credentials.

PAM_REFRESH_CRED
Refresh credentials.

The latter four are mutually exclusive.

If any other bits are set, pam_setcred will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_setcred function returns one of the following values:

[PAM_ABORT]
General failure.

[PAM_BUF_ERR]
Memory buffer error.

[PAM_CONV_ERR]
Conversation failure.

[PAM_CRED_ERR]
Failed to set user credentials.

[PAM_CRED_EXPIRED]
User credentials have expired.

[PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL]
Failed to retrieve user credentials.

[PAM_PERM_DENIED]
Permission denied.

[PAM_SERVICE_ERR]
Error in service module.

[PAM_SYMBOL_ERR]
Invalid symbol.

[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
System error.

[PAM_USER_UNKNOWN]
Unknown user.

SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS

AUTHORS

The pam_setcred 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.