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PAM_PUTENV(3)              Library Functions Manual              PAM_PUTENV(3)

NAME
     pam_putenv - set the value of an environment variable

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

     int
     pam_putenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *namevalue);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_putenv() function sets an environment variable.  Its semantics
     are similar to those of putenv(3), but it modifies the PAM context's
     environment list instead of the application's.

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

     [PAM_SUCCESS]       Success.

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_setenv(3), pam_strerror(3),
     putenv(3)

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

AUTHORS
     The pam_putenv() 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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