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.\" Generated from pam_set_data.c by gendoc.pl
.\" $OpenPAM: pam_set_data.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $
.Dd February 24, 2019
.Dt PAM_SET_DATA 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_set_data
.Nd set module information
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h
.Ft "int"
.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)"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pam_set_data
function associates a pointer to an opaque object
with an arbitrary string specified by the
.Fa module_data_name
argument,
in the PAM context specified by the
.Fa pamh
argument.
.Pp
If not
.Dv NULL ,
the
.Fa cleanup
argument should point to a function
responsible for releasing the resources associated with the object.
.Pp
This function and its counterpart
.Xr pam_get_data 3
are useful for managing
data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn pam_set_data
function returns one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width 18n
.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS
Success.
.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pam 3 ,
.Xr pam_get_data 3 ,
.Xr pam_strerror 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Rs
.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
.%D "June 1997"
.Re
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Fn pam_set_data
function and this manual page were
developed for the
.Fx
Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
.Pp
The OpenPAM library is maintained by
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no .