1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and 6.\" Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of 7.\" Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 8.\" ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 9.\" 10.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 11.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 12.\" are met: 13.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 14.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 15.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 16.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 17.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 18.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 19.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 20.\" permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" $P4$ 35.\" 36.Dd June 16, 2005 37.Dt PAM_SET_ITEM 3 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm pam_set_item 41.Nd set authentication information 42.Sh LIBRARY 43.Lb libpam 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.In sys/types.h 46.In security/pam_appl.h 47.Ft "int" 48.Fn pam_set_item "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item_type" "const void *item" 49.Sh DESCRIPTION 50The 51.Nm 52function sets the item specified by the 53.Fa item_type 54argument to a copy of the object pointed to by the 55.Fa item 56argument. 57The item is stored in the PAM context specified by the 58.Fa pamh 59argument. 60See 61.Xr pam_get_item 3 62for a list of recognized item types. 63.Sh RETURN VALUES 64The 65.Nm 66function returns one of the following values: 67.Bl -tag -width 18n 68.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 69Memory buffer error. 70.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR 71Invalid symbol. 72.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 73System error. 74.El 75.Sh SEE ALSO 76.Xr pam 3 , 77.Xr pam_get_item 3 , 78.Xr pam_strerror 3 79.Sh STANDARDS 80.Rs 81.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 82.%D "June 1997" 83.Re 84.Sh AUTHORS 85The 86.Nm 87function and this manual page were developed for the 88.Fx 89Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 90Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 91DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 92.Pq Dq CBOSS , 93as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 94