1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. 3.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Dag-Erling Smørgrav 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and 7.\" Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of 8.\" Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 9.\" ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 10.\" 11.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 12.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 13.\" are met: 14.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 16.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 17.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 18.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 19.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote 20.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written 21.\" permission. 22.\" 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 24.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 25.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 26.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 27.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 33.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 34.\" 35.\" $P4$ 36.\" 37.Dd December 21, 2007 38.Dt PAM_SET_ITEM 3 39.Os 40.Sh NAME 41.Nm pam_set_item 42.Nd set authentication information 43.Sh LIBRARY 44.Lb libpam 45.Sh SYNOPSIS 46.In sys/types.h 47.In security/pam_appl.h 48.Ft "int" 49.Fn pam_set_item "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item_type" "const void *item" 50.Sh DESCRIPTION 51The 52.Nm 53function sets the item specified by the 54.Fa item_type 55argument to a copy of the object pointed to by the 56.Fa item 57argument. 58The item is stored in the PAM context specified by the 59.Fa pamh 60argument. 61See 62.Xr pam_get_item 3 63for a list of recognized item types. 64.Sh RETURN VALUES 65The 66.Nm 67function returns one of the following values: 68.Bl -tag -width 18n 69.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 70Memory buffer error. 71.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR 72Invalid symbol. 73.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 74System error. 75.El 76.Sh SEE ALSO 77.Xr pam 3 , 78.Xr pam_get_item 3 , 79.Xr pam_strerror 3 80.Sh STANDARDS 81.Rs 82.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 83.%D "June 1997" 84.Re 85.Sh AUTHORS 86The 87.Nm 88function and this manual page were developed for the 89.Fx 90Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 91Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 92DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 93.Pq Dq CBOSS , 94as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 95