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35.\" $P4$
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37.Dd December 21, 2007
38.Dt PAM_GET_AUTHTOK 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm pam_get_authtok
42.Nd retrieve authentication token
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libpam
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In sys/types.h
47.In security/pam_appl.h
48.Ft "int"
49.Fn pam_get_authtok "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item" "const char **authtok" "const char *prompt"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53function returns the cached authentication token,
54or prompts the user if no token is currently cached.
55Either way, a pointer to the authentication token is stored in the
56location pointed to by the
57.Fa authtok
58argument.
59.Pp
60The
61.Fa item
62argument must have one of the following values:
63.Bl -tag -width 18n
64.It Dv PAM_AUTHTOK
65Returns the current authentication token, or the new token
66when changing authentication tokens.
67.It Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK
68Returns the previous authentication token when changing
69authentication tokens.
70.El
71.Pp
72The
73.Fa prompt
74argument specifies a prompt to use if no token is cached.
75If it is
76.Dv NULL ,
77the
78.Dv PAM_AUTHTOK_PROMPT
79or
80.Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK_PROMPT
81item,
82as appropriate, will be used.
83If that item is also
84.Dv NULL ,
85a hardcoded default prompt will be used.
86.Pp
87If
88.Fa item
89is set to
90.Dv PAM_AUTHTOK
91and there is a non-null
92.Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK
93item,
94.Nm
95will ask the user to confirm the new token by
96retyping it.
97If there is a mismatch,
98.Nm
99will return
100.Dv PAM_TRY_AGAIN .
101.Pp
102.Sh RETURN VALUES
103The
104.Nm
105function returns one of the following values:
106.Bl -tag -width 18n
107.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
108Memory buffer error.
109.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
110Conversation failure.
111.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
112System error.
113.It Bq Er PAM_TRY_AGAIN
114Try again.
115.El
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr pam 3 ,
118.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
119.Xr pam_get_user 3 ,
120.Xr pam_strerror 3
121.Sh STANDARDS
122The
123.Nm
124function is an OpenPAM extension.
125.Sh AUTHORS
126The
127.Nm
128function and this manual page were developed for the
129.Fx
130Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
131Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
132DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
133.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
134as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
135