1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Jordan Hubbard 3.\" 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 17.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 18.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 19.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 20.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 21.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 22.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 23.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 24.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libutil/auth.3,v 1.4.2.5 2002/12/29 16:35:36 schweikh Exp $ 27.\" $DragonFly: src/lib/libutil/auth.3,v 1.3 2006/02/17 19:35:07 swildner Exp $ 28.\" " 29.Dd October 7, 1998 30.Os 31.Dt AUTH_GETVAL 3 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm auth_getval 34.Nd functions for reading values from 35.Pa /etc/auth.conf 36.Sh LIBRARY 37.Lb libutil 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.In sys/types.h 40.In libutil.h 41.Ft char * 42.Fn auth_getval "const char *name" 43.Sh DESCRIPTION 44The function 45.Fn auth_getval 46returns the value associated with the field called 47.Fa name 48or NULL if no such field is found or the auth file cannot be opened. 49.Sh FILES 50.Pa /etc/auth.conf 51contains the name=value pairs looked up by 52.Fn auth_getval . 53.Sh SEE ALSO 54.Xr properties_free 3 , 55.Xr properties_read 3 , 56.Xr property_find 3 , 57.Xr auth.conf 5 58