1.\" Generated from pam_set_data.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $Id: pam_set_data.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $ 3.Dd September 12, 2014 4.Dt PAM_SET_DATA 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_set_data 8.Nd set module information 9.Sh LIBRARY 10.Lb libpam 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.In sys/types.h 13.In security/pam_appl.h 14.Ft "int" 15.Fn pam_set_data "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "void *data" "void (*cleanup)(pam_handle_t *pamh, void *data, int pam_end_status)" 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Fn pam_set_data 19function associates a pointer to an opaque object 20with an arbitrary string specified by the 21.Fa module_data_name 22argument, 23in the PAM context specified by the 24.Fa pamh 25argument. 26.Pp 27If not 28.Dv NULL , 29the 30.Fa cleanup 31argument should point to a function 32responsible for releasing the resources associated with the object. 33.Pp 34This function and its counterpart 35.Xr pam_get_data 3 36are useful for managing 37data that are meaningful only to a particular service module. 38.Sh RETURN VALUES 39The 40.Fn pam_set_data 41function returns one of the following values: 42.Bl -tag -width 18n 43.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 44Memory buffer error. 45.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 46System error. 47.El 48.Sh SEE ALSO 49.Xr pam 3 , 50.Xr pam_get_data 3 , 51.Xr pam_strerror 3 52.Sh STANDARDS 53.Rs 54.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 55.%D "June 1997" 56.Re 57.Sh AUTHORS 58The 59.Fn pam_set_data 60function and this manual page were 61developed for the 62.Fx 63Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 64Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 65DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 66.Pq Dq CBOSS , 67as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 68.Pp 69The OpenPAM library is maintained by 70.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no . 71