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OPENPAM(3) Library Functions Manual OPENPAM(3) NAME openpam_borrow_cred, openpam_free_data, openpam_free_envlist, openpam_get_feature, openpam_get_option, openpam_log, openpam_nullconv, openpam_readline, openpam_readlinev, openpam_readword, openpam_restore_cred, openpam_set_feature, openpam_set_option, openpam_straddch, openpam_subst, openpam_ttyconv, pam_error, pam_get_authtok, pam_info, pam_prompt, pam_setenv, pam_verror, pam_vinfo, pam_vprompt -- Pluggable Authentication Modules Library LIBRARY Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam) SYNOPSIS #include <security/openpam.h> int openpam_borrow_cred(pam_handle_t *pamh, const struct passwd *pwd); void openpam_free_data(pam_handle_t *pamh, void *data, int status); void openpam_free_envlist(char **envlist); int openpam_get_feature(int feature, int *onoff); const char * openpam_get_option(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *option); void openpam_log(int level, const char *fmt, ...); int openpam_nullconv(int n, const struct pam_message **msg, struct pam_response **resp, void *data); char * openpam_readline(FILE *f, int *lineno, size_t *lenp); char ** openpam_readlinev(FILE *f, int *lineno, int *lenp); char * openpam_readword(FILE *f, int *lineno, size_t *lenp); int openpam_restore_cred(pam_handle_t *pamh); int openpam_set_feature(int feature, int onoff); int openpam_set_option(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *option, const char *value); int openpam_straddch(char **str, size_t *size, size_t *len, int ch); int openpam_subst(const pam_handle_t *pamh, char *buf, size_t *bufsize, const char *template); int openpam_ttyconv(int n, const struct pam_message **msg, struct pam_response **resp, void *data); int pam_error(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...); int pam_get_authtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int item, const char **authtok, const char *prompt); int pam_info(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...); int pam_prompt(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int style, char **resp, const char *fmt, ...); int pam_setenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name, const char *value, int overwrite); int pam_verror(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list ap); int pam_vinfo(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list ap); int pam_vprompt(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int style, char **resp, const char *fmt, va_list ap); DESCRIPTION These functions are OpenPAM extensions to the PAM API. Those named pam_*() are, in the author's opinion, logical and necessary extensions to the standard API, while those named openpam_*() are either simple convenience functions, or functions intimately tied to OpenPAM imple- mentation details, and therefore not well suited to standardization. SEE ALSO openpam_borrow_cred(3), openpam_free_data(3), openpam_free_envlist(3), openpam_get_feature(3), openpam_get_option(3), openpam_log(3), openpam_nullconv(3), openpam_readline(3), openpam_readlinev(3), openpam_readword(3), openpam_restore_cred(3), openpam_set_feature(3), openpam_set_option(3), openpam_straddch(3), openpam_subst(3), openpam_ttyconv(3), pam_error(3), pam_get_authtok(3), pam_info(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_setenv(3), pam_verror(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_vprompt(3) STANDARDS X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997. AUTHORS The OpenPAM library and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Secu- rity Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA CHATS re- search program. The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@des.dev>. FreeBSD 15.0 May 31, 2025 OPENPAM(3)
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