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PAM_SM_SETCRED(3)          Library Functions Manual          PAM_SM_SETCRED(3)

NAME
     pam_sm_setcred - service module implementation for pam_setcred

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

     int
     pam_sm_setcred(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags, int argc,
         const char **argv);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_sm_setcred() function is the service module's implementation of
     the pam_setcred(3) API function.

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

     [PAM_SUCCESS]       Success.

     [PAM_ABORT]         General failure.

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]      Conversation failure.

     [PAM_CRED_ERR]      Failed to set user credentials.

     [PAM_CRED_EXPIRED]  User credentials have expired.

     [PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL]  Failed to retrieve user credentials.

     [PAM_IGNORE]        Ignore this module.

     [PAM_PERM_DENIED]   Permission denied.

     [PAM_SERVICE_ERR]   Error in service module.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

     [PAM_USER_UNKNOWN]  Unknown user.

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

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

AUTHORS
     The pam_sm_setcred() 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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