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.Dd April 30, 2017
.Dt PAM_PUTENV 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_putenv
.Nd set the value of an environment variable
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h
.Ft "int"
.Fn pam_putenv "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *namevalue"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pam_putenv
function sets an environment variable.
Its semantics are similar to those of
.Xr putenv 3 ,
but it modifies the PAM
context's environment list instead of the application's.
.Pp
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn pam_putenv
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_getenv 3 ,
.Xr pam_getenvlist 3 ,
.Xr pam_setenv 3 ,
.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
.Xr putenv 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Rs
.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
.%D "June 1997"
.Re
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Fn pam_putenv
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 .