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.Dd May 26, 2012 .Dt PAM_GET_DATA 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_get_data .Nd get module information .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpam .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "int" .Fn pam_get_data "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "const void **data" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pam_get_data function looks up the opaque object associated with the string specified by the .Fa module_data_name argument, in the PAM context specified by the .Fa pamh argument. A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the .Fa data argument. If .Fn pam_get_data fails, the .Fa data argument is untouched.
p This function and its counterpart .Xr pam_set_data 3 are useful for managing data that are meaningful only to a particular service module. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn pam_get_data function returns one of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Bq Er PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA Module data not found. t Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pam 3 , .Xr pam_set_data 3 , .Xr pam_strerror 3 .Sh STANDARDS .Rs .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" .%D "June 1997" .Re .Sh AUTHORS The .Fn pam_get_data function and this manual page were developed for the .Fx Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
q Dq CBOSS , as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
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