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PAM_SET_ITEM(3) 	     Library Functions Manual		 PAM_SET_ITEM(3)

NAME
     pam_set_item -- set authentication information

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

     int
     pam_set_item(pam_handle_t *pamh, int item_type, const void *item);

DESCRIPTION
     The  pam_set_item() function sets the item specified by the item_type argu-
     ment to a copy of the object pointed to by the item argument.  The item  is
     stored   in   the	 PAM  context  specified  by  the  pamh  argument.   See
     pam_get_item(3) for a list of recognized item types.

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

     [PAM_SUCCESS]	 Success.

     [PAM_BAD_ITEM]	 Unrecognized or restricted item.

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]	 Memory buffer error.

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

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

AUTHORS
     The  pam_set_item()  function  and  this manual page were developed for the
     FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Se-
     curity 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 Smorgrav <des@des.dev>.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 31, 2025			 PAM_SET_ITEM(3)

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