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36.Dd May 24, 2002
37.Dt PAM_SETCRED 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_setcred
41.Nd modify / delete user credentials for an authentication service
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libpam
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In security/pam_appl.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn pam_setcred "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51function manages the application's credentials.
52.Pp
53The
54.Va flags
55argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
56values:
57.Bl -tag -width 18n
58.It Dv PAM_SILENT
59Do not emit any messages.
60.It Dv PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
61Establish the credentials of the target user.
62.It Dv PAM_DELETE_CRED
63Revoke all established credentials.
64.It Dv PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
65Fully reinitialise credentials.
66.It Dv PAM_REFRESH_CRED
67Refresh credentials.
68.El
69The latter four are mutually exclusive.
70.Pp
71If any other bits are set,
72.Nm
73will return
74.Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR .
75.Sh RETURN VALUES
76The
77.Nm
78function returns one of the following values:
79.Bl -tag -width 18n
80.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
81General failure.
82.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
83Memory buffer error.
84.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
85Conversation failure.
86.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_ERR
87Failed to set user credentials.
88.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
89User credentials have expired.
90.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
91Failed to retrieve user credentials.
92.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
93Permission denied.
94.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
95Error in service module.
96.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
97Invalid symbol.
98.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
99System error.
100.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
101Unknown user.
102.El
103.Sh SEE ALSO
104.Xr pam 3 ,
105.Xr pam_strerror 3
106.Sh STANDARDS
107.Rs
108.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
109.%D "June 1997"
110.Re
111.Sh AUTHORS
112The
113.Nm
114function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
115by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
116Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
117.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
118as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
119