NAME

pam_putenv − change or add a value to the PAM environment

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag ... ] file ... −lpam [ library ... ]

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

int pam_putenv(pam_handle_t ∗pamh, const char ∗name_value);

DESCRIPTION

The pam_putenv() routine sets the value of the PAM environment variable name equal to value either by altering an existing PAM variable or by creating a new one. 

The variable name_value points to a string of the form name=value.  A call to pam_putenv() does not immediately change the environment.  All name_value pairs are stored in the PAM handle, pamh. An application such as login(1) may make a call to pam_getenv(3) or pam_getenvlist(3) to retrieve the PAM environment variables saved in the PAM handle and set them in the environment if appropriate.  login will not set PAM environment values which overwrite the values for SHELL, HOME, LOGNAME, MAIL, CDPATH, IFS, and PATH. Nor will login set PAM environment values which overwrite any value that begins with LD_.

If name_value equals NAME=, then the value associated with NAME in the PAM handle will be set to an empty value.  If name_value equals NAME, then the environment variable NAME will be removed from the PAM handle. 

RETURN VALUES

The function pam_putenv() may return one of the following values:

PAM_SUCCESS The function returned successfully. 

PAM_OPEN_ERR dlopen() failed when dynamically loading a service module. 

PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
Symbol not found.

PAM_SERVICE_ERR
Error in service module.

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.

PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. 

PAM_CONV_ERR Conversation failure. 

PAM_PERM_DENIED
Permission denied.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

SEE ALSO

dlopen(3X), pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), libpam(4), attributes(5)

NOTES

The interfaces in libpam() are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle. 

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 26 Mar 1997