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 Smørgrav <des@des.no>.

June 27, 2023 | NetBSD 11.0