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PAM_GET_DATA(3)            Library Functions Manual            PAM_GET_DATA(3)

NAME
     pam_get_data - get module information

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>

     int
     pam_get_data(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *module_data_name,
         const void **data);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_get_data() function looks up the opaque object associated with
     the string specified by the module_data_name argument, in the PAM context
     specified by the pamh argument.  A pointer to the object is stored in the
     location pointed to by the data argument.  If pam_get_data() fails, the
     data argument is untouched.

     This function and its counterpart pam_set_data(3) are useful for managing
     data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.

RETURN VALUES
     The pam_get_data() function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_SUCCESS]       Success.

     [PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA]
                         Module data not found.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_set_data(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS
     X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules,
     June 1997.

AUTHORS
     The pam_get_data() function and this manual page were developed for the
     FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
     Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR
     contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS research
     program.

     The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Sm/orgrav <des@des.dev>.

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