1.\" Generated from pam_get_data.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $OpenPAM: pam_get_data.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 3.Dd April 30, 2017 4.Dt PAM_GET_DATA 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_get_data 8.Nd get module information 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.In sys/types.h 11.In security/pam_appl.h 12.Ft "int" 13.Fn pam_get_data "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "const void **data" 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The 16.Fn pam_get_data 17function looks up the opaque object associated with 18the string specified by the 19.Fa module_data_name 20argument, in the PAM 21context specified by the 22.Fa pamh 23argument. 24A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the 25.Fa data 26argument. 27If 28.Fn pam_get_data 29fails, the 30.Fa data 31argument is untouched. 32.Pp 33This function and its counterpart 34.Xr pam_set_data 3 35are useful for managing 36data that are meaningful only to a particular service module. 37.Sh RETURN VALUES 38The 39.Fn pam_get_data 40function returns one of the following values: 41.Bl -tag -width 18n 42.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 43Success. 44.It Bq Er PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA 45Module data not found. 46.El 47.Sh SEE ALSO 48.Xr pam 3 , 49.Xr pam_set_data 3 , 50.Xr pam_strerror 3 51.Sh STANDARDS 52.Rs 53.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 54.%D "June 1997" 55.Re 56.Sh AUTHORS 57The 58.Fn pam_get_data 59function and this manual page were 60developed for the 61.Fx 62Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 63Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 64DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 65.Pq Dq CBOSS , 66as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 67.Pp 68The OpenPAM library is maintained by 69.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 70