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pam_setenv(3)

NAME

     pam_setenv -- mirrors setenv(3)

LIBRARY

     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>

     int
     pam_setenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name, const char *value,
	 int overwrite);

DESCRIPTION

     The pam_setenv function sets a environment variable.  Its semantics are
     similar to those of setenv(3), but it modifies the PAM context's environ-
     ment list instead of the application's.

RETURN VALUES

     The pam_setenv function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]	 Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]	 System error.

SEE ALSO

     pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_strerror(3),
     setenv(3)

STANDARDS

     The pam_setenv function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS

     The pam_setenv 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.

FreeBSD 5.4		       February 10, 2004		   FreeBSD 5.4

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