1.\" Generated from pam_getenv.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $Id: pam_getenv.c 914 2017-01-21 15:15:29Z des $ 3.Dd February 19, 2017 4.Dt PAM_GETENV 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_getenv 8.Nd retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.In sys/types.h 11.In security/pam_appl.h 12.Ft "const char *" 13.Fn pam_getenv "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *name" 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The 16.Fn pam_getenv 17function returns the value of an environment variable. 18Its semantics are similar to those of 19.Xr getenv 3 , 20but it accesses the PAM 21context's environment list instead of the application's. 22.Pp 23.Sh RETURN VALUES 24The 25.Fn pam_getenv 26function returns 27.Dv NULL 28on failure. 29.Sh SEE ALSO 30.Xr getenv 3 , 31.Xr pam 3 , 32.Xr pam_getenvlist 3 , 33.Xr pam_putenv 3 , 34.Xr pam_setenv 3 35.Sh STANDARDS 36.Rs 37.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 38.%D "June 1997" 39.Re 40.Sh AUTHORS 41The 42.Fn pam_getenv 43function and this manual page were 44developed for the 45.Fx 46Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 47Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 48DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 49.Pq Dq CBOSS , 50as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 51.Pp 52The OpenPAM library is maintained by 53.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 54