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36.Dd May 2, 2002
37.Dt PAM_GET_AUTHTOK 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_get_authtok
41.Nd retrieve authentication token
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libpam
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In security/pam_appl.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn pam_get_authtok "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item" "const char **authtok" "const char *prompt"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51function returns the cached authentication token,
52or prompts the user if no token is currently cached.  Either way, a
53pointer to the authentication token is stored in the location pointed
54to by the
55.Va authtok
56argument.
57.Pp
58The
59.Va item
60argument must have one of the following values:
61.Bl -tag -width 18n
62.It Dv PAM_AUTHTOK
63Returns the current authentication token, or the new token
64when changing authentication tokens.
65.It Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK
66Returns the previous authentication token when changing
67authentication tokens.
68.El
69The
70.Va prompt
71argument specifies a prompt to use if no token is cached.
72If it is
73.Dv NULL ,
74the
75.Dv PAM_AUTHTOK_PROMPT
76or
77.Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK_PROMPT
78item,
79as appropriate, will be used.  If that item is also
80.Dv NULL ,
81a hardcoded
82default prompt will be used.
83.Pp
84If
85.Va item
86is set to
87.Dv PAM_AUTHTOK
88and there is a non-null
89.Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK
90item,
91.Nm
92will ask the user to confirm the new token by
93retyping it.  If there is a mismatch,
94.Nm
95will return
96.Dv PAM_TRY_AGAIN .
97.Pp
98.Sh RETURN VALUES
99The
100.Nm
101function returns one of the following values:
102.Bl -tag -width 18n
103.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
104Memory buffer error.
105.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
106Conversation failure.
107.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
108System error.
109.It Bq Er PAM_TRY_AGAIN
110Try again.
111.El
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr pam 3 ,
114.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
115.Xr pam_get_user 3 ,
116.Xr pam_strerror 3
117.Sh STANDARDS
118The
119.Nm
120function is an OpenPAM extension.
121.Sh AUTHORS
122The
123.Nm
124function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
125by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
126Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
127.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
128as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
129