1.\" Generated from pam_getenv.c by gendoc.pl 2.Dd June 27, 2023 3.Dt PAM_GETENV 3 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm pam_getenv 7.Nd retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable 8.Sh SYNOPSIS 9.In sys/types.h 10.In security/pam_appl.h 11.Ft "const char *" 12.Fn pam_getenv "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *name" 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The 15.Fn pam_getenv 16function returns the value of an environment variable. 17Its semantics are similar to those of 18.Xr getenv 3 , 19but it accesses the PAM 20context's environment list instead of the application's. 21.Pp 22.Sh RETURN VALUES 23The 24.Fn pam_getenv 25function returns 26.Dv NULL 27on failure. 28.Sh SEE ALSO 29.Xr getenv 3 , 30.Xr pam 3 , 31.Xr pam_getenvlist 3 , 32.Xr pam_putenv 3 , 33.Xr pam_setenv 3 34.Sh STANDARDS 35.Rs 36.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 37.%D "June 1997" 38.Re 39.Sh AUTHORS 40The 41.Fn pam_getenv 42function and this manual page were 43developed for the 44.Fx 45Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 46Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 47DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 48.Pq Dq CBOSS , 49as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 50.Pp 51The OpenPAM library is maintained by 52.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 53