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36.Dd June 30, 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
69.Pp
70The latter four are mutually exclusive.
71.Pp
72If any other bits are set,
73.Nm
74will return
75.Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR .
76.Sh RETURN VALUES
77The
78.Nm
79function returns one of the following values:
80.Bl -tag -width 18n
81.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
82General failure.
83.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
84Memory buffer error.
85.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
86Conversation failure.
87.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_ERR
88Failed to set user credentials.
89.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
90User credentials have expired.
91.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
92Failed to retrieve user credentials.
93.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
94Permission denied.
95.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
96Error in service module.
97.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
98Invalid symbol.
99.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
100System error.
101.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
102Unknown user.
103.El
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr pam 3 ,
106.Xr pam_strerror 3
107.Sh STANDARDS
108.Rs
109.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
110.%D "June 1997"
111.Re
112.Sh AUTHORS
113The
114.Nm
115function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
116by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security
117Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR
118contract N66001-01-C-8035
119.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
120as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
121