1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and 6.\" NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. 7.\" under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the 8.\" DARPA CHATS research program. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 19.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 20.\" permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" $P4: //depot/projects/openpam/doc/man/pam_get_data.3#13 $ 35.\" 36.Dd May 24, 2002 37.Dt PAM_GET_DATA 3 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm pam_get_data 41.Nd get module information 42.Sh LIBRARY 43.Lb libpam 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.In security/pam_appl.h 46.Ft int 47.Fn pam_get_data "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "const void **data" 48.Sh DESCRIPTION 49The 50.Nm 51function looks up the opaque object associated with 52the string specified by the 53.Va module_data_name 54argument, in the PAM 55context specified by the 56.Va pamh 57argument. 58A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the 59.Va data 60argument. 61.Pp 62This function and its counterpart 63.Xr pam_set_data 3 64are useful for managing 65data that are meaningful only to a particular service module. 66.Sh RETURN VALUES 67The 68.Nm 69function returns one of the following values: 70.Bl -tag -width 18n 71.It Bq Er PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA 72Module data not found. 73.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 74System error. 75.El 76.Sh SEE ALSO 77.Xr pam 3 , 78.Xr pam_set_data 3 , 79.Xr pam_strerror 3 80.Sh STANDARDS 81.Rs 82.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 83.%D "June 1997" 84.Re 85.Sh AUTHORS 86The 87.Nm 88function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project 89by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network 90Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 91.Pq Dq CBOSS , 92as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 93