1.\" Generated from pam_setcred.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $Id: pam_setcred.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $ 3.Dd September 12, 2014 4.Dt PAM_SETCRED 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_setcred 8.Nd modify / delete user credentials for an authentication service 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_setcred "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Fn pam_setcred 19function manages the application's credentials. 20.Pp 21The 22.Fa flags 23argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following 24values: 25.Bl -tag -width 18n 26.It Dv PAM_SILENT 27Do not emit any messages. 28.It Dv PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED 29Establish the credentials of the target user. 30.It Dv PAM_DELETE_CRED 31Revoke all established credentials. 32.It Dv PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED 33Fully reinitialise credentials. 34.It Dv PAM_REFRESH_CRED 35Refresh credentials. 36.El 37.Pp 38The latter four are mutually exclusive. 39.Pp 40If any other bits are set, 41.Fn pam_setcred 42will return 43.Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR . 44.Sh RETURN VALUES 45The 46.Fn pam_setcred 47function returns one of the following values: 48.Bl -tag -width 18n 49.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT 50General failure. 51.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 52Memory buffer error. 53.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 54Conversation failure. 55.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_ERR 56Failed to set user credentials. 57.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_EXPIRED 58User credentials have expired. 59.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL 60Failed to retrieve user credentials. 61.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED 62Permission denied. 63.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR 64Error in service module. 65.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR 66Invalid symbol. 67.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 68System error. 69.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN 70Unknown user. 71.El 72.Sh SEE ALSO 73.Xr pam 3 , 74.Xr pam_strerror 3 75.Sh STANDARDS 76.Rs 77.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 78.%D "June 1997" 79.Re 80.Sh AUTHORS 81The 82.Fn pam_setcred 83function and this manual page were 84developed for the 85.Fx 86Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 87Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 88DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 89.Pq Dq CBOSS , 90as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 91.Pp 92The OpenPAM library is maintained by 93.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no . 94