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36.Dd March 7, 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.
52The operation to perform is specified by the
53.Va flags
54argument:
55.Bl -tag -width 18n
56.It PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
57Establish the credentials of the target user.
58.It PAM_DELETE_CRED
59Revoke all established credentials.
60.It PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
61Fully reinitialise credentials.
62.It PAM_REFRESH_CRED
63Refresh credentials.
64.Sh RETURN VALUES
65The
66.Nm
67function returns one of the following values:
68.Bl -tag -width 18n
69.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
70General failure.
71.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
72Memory buffer error.
73.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
74Conversation failure.
75.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_ERR
76Failed to set user credentials.
77.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
78User credentials have expired.
79.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
80Failed to retrieve user credentials.
81.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
82Permission denied.
83.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
84Error in service module.
85.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
86System error.
87.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
88Unknown user.
89.El
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr pam 3 ,
92.Xr pam_strerror 3
93.Sh STANDARDS
94.Rs
95.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
96.%D "June 1997"
97.Re
98.Sh AUTHORS
99The
100.Nm
101function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
102by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
103Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
104.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
105as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
106