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PAM_GETENV(3)              Library Functions Manual              PAM_GETENV(3)

NAME
     pam_getenv - retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable

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

     const char *
     pam_getenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_getenv() function returns the value of an environment variable.
     Its semantics are similar to those of getenv(3), but it accesses the PAM
     context's environment list instead of the application's.

RETURN VALUES
     The pam_getenv() function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO
     getenv(3), pam(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_setenv(3)

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

AUTHORS
     The pam_getenv() 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.no>.

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