1.\" Generated from pam_set_data.c by gendoc.pl
2.\" $OpenPAM: pam_set_data.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $
3.Dd April 30, 2017
4.Dt PAM_SET_DATA 3
5.Os
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm pam_set_data
8.Nd set module information
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.In sys/types.h
11.In security/pam_appl.h
12.Ft "int"
13.Fn pam_set_data "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "void *data" "void (*cleanup)(pam_handle_t *pamh, void *data, int pam_end_status)"
14.Sh DESCRIPTION
15The
16.Fn pam_set_data
17function associates a pointer to an opaque object
18with an arbitrary string specified by the
19.Fa module_data_name
20argument,
21in the PAM context specified by the
22.Fa pamh
23argument.
24.Pp
25If not
26.Dv NULL ,
27the
28.Fa cleanup
29argument should point to a function
30responsible for releasing the resources associated with the object.
31.Pp
32This function and its counterpart
33.Xr pam_get_data 3
34are useful for managing
35data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.
36.Sh RETURN VALUES
37The
38.Fn pam_set_data
39function returns one of the following values:
40.Bl -tag -width 18n
41.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS
42Success.
43.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
44Memory buffer error.
45.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
46System error.
47.El
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr pam 3 ,
50.Xr pam_get_data 3 ,
51.Xr pam_strerror 3
52.Sh STANDARDS
53.Rs
54.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
55.%D "June 1997"
56.Re
57.Sh AUTHORS
58The
59.Fn pam_set_data
60function and this manual page were
61developed for the
62.Fx
63Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
64Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
65DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
66.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
67as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
68.Pp
69The OpenPAM library is maintained by
70.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no .
71