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37.Dd December 21, 2007
38.Dt PAM_SETENV 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm pam_setenv
42.Nd mirrors setenv(3)
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_setenv "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *name" "const char *value" "int overwrite"
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53function sets a environment variable.
54Its semantics are similar to those of
55.Xr setenv 3 ,
56but it modifies the PAM
57context's environment list instead of the application's.
58.Pp
59.Sh RETURN VALUES
60The
61.Nm
62function returns one of the following values:
63.Bl -tag -width 18n
64.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
65Memory buffer error.
66.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
67System error.
68.El
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr pam 3 ,
71.Xr pam_getenv 3 ,
72.Xr pam_getenvlist 3 ,
73.Xr pam_putenv 3 ,
74.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
75.Xr setenv 3
76.Sh STANDARDS
77The
78.Nm
79function is an OpenPAM extension.
80.Sh AUTHORS
81The
82.Nm
83function and this manual page were developed for the
84.Fx
85Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
86Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
87DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
88.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
89as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
90