1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and 6.\" Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of 7.\" Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 8.\" ("CBOSS"), as part of the 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.\" $P4$ 35.\" 36.Dd June 16, 2005 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 sys/types.h 46.In security/pam_appl.h 47.Ft "int" 48.Fn pam_get_data "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "void **data" 49.Sh DESCRIPTION 50The 51.Nm 52function looks up the opaque object associated with 53the string specified by the 54.Fa module_data_name 55argument, in the PAM 56context specified by the 57.Fa pamh 58argument. 59A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the 60.Fa data 61argument. 62.Pp 63This function and its counterpart 64.Xr pam_set_data 3 65are useful for managing 66data that are meaningful only to a particular service module. 67.Sh RETURN VALUES 68The 69.Nm 70function returns one of the following values: 71.Bl -tag -width 18n 72.It Bq Er PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA 73Module data not found. 74.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 75System error. 76.El 77.Sh SEE ALSO 78.Xr pam 3 , 79.Xr pam_set_data 3 , 80.Xr pam_strerror 3 81.Sh STANDARDS 82.Rs 83.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 84.%D "June 1997" 85.Re 86.Sh AUTHORS 87The 88.Nm 89function and this manual page were developed for the 90.Fx 91Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 92Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 93DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 94.Pq Dq CBOSS , 95as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 96