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36.Dd May 2, 2002
37.Dt PAM_GET_ITEM 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_get_item
41.Nd get PAM information
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libpam
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In security/pam_appl.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn pam_get_item "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item_type" "const void **item"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51function stores a pointer to the item specified by
52the
53.Va item_type
54argument in the location specified by the
55.Va item
56argument.
57The item is retrieved from the PAM context specified by the
58.Va pamh
59argument.
60The following item types are recognized:
61.Bl -tag -width 18n
62.It Dv PAM_SERVICE
63The name of the requesting service.
64.It Dv PAM_USER
65The name of the user the application is trying to
66authenticate.
67.It Dv PAM_TTY
68The name of the current terminal.
69.It Dv PAM_RHOST
70The name of the applicant's host.
71.It Dv PAM_CONV
72A
73.Vt struct pam_conv
74describing the current conversation
75function.
76.It Dv PAM_AUTHTOK
77The current authentication token.
78.It Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK
79The expired authentication token.
80.It Dv PAM_RUSER
81The name of the applicant.
82.It Dv PAM_USER_PROMPT
83The prompt to use when asking the applicant for a user
84name to authenticate as.
85.It Dv PAM_AUTHTOK_PROMPT
86The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
87authentication token.
88.It Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK_PROMPT
89The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
90expired authentication token prior to changing it.
91.El
92See
93.Xr pam_start 3
94for a description of
95.Vt struct pam_conv .
96.Pp
97.Sh RETURN VALUES
98The
99.Nm
100function returns one of the following values:
101.Bl -tag -width 18n
102.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
103Invalid symbol.
104.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
105System error.
106.El
107.Sh SEE ALSO
108.Xr pam 3 ,
109.Xr pam_set_item 3 ,
110.Xr pam_start 3 ,
111.Xr pam_strerror 3
112.Sh STANDARDS
113.Rs
114.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
115.%D "June 1997"
116.Re
117.Sh AUTHORS
118The
119.Nm
120function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
121by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
122Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
123.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
124as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
125