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36.Dd June 16, 2005
37.Dt PAM_SET_ITEM 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_set_item
41.Nd set authentication information
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libpam
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In sys/types.h
46.In security/pam_appl.h
47.Ft "int"
48.Fn pam_set_item "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item_type" "const void *item"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52function sets the item specified by the
53.Fa item_type
54argument to a copy of the object pointed to by the
55.Fa item
56argument.
57The item is stored in the PAM context specified by the
58.Fa pamh
59argument.
60See
61.Xr pam_get_item 3
62for a list of recognized item types.
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64The
65.Nm
66function returns one of the following values:
67.Bl -tag -width 18n
68.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
69Memory buffer error.
70.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
71Invalid symbol.
72.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
73System error.
74.El
75.Sh SEE ALSO
76.Xr pam 3 ,
77.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
78.Xr pam_strerror 3
79.Sh STANDARDS
80.Rs
81.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
82.%D "June 1997"
83.Re
84.Sh AUTHORS
85The
86.Nm
87function and this manual page were developed for the
88.Fx
89Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
90Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.& under
91DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
92.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
93as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
94