.Dd May 31, 2025 .Dt PAM_GETENV 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_getenv .Nd retrieve the value of a PAM environment variable .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "const char *" .Fn pam_getenv "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *name" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pam_getenv function returns the value of an environment variable. Its semantics are similar to those of .Xr getenv 3 , but it accesses the PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.
p .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn pam_getenv function returns .Dv NULL on failure. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr getenv 3 , .Xr pam 3 , .Xr pam_getenvlist 3 , .Xr pam_putenv 3 , .Xr pam_setenv 3 .Sh STANDARDS .Rs .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" .%D "June 1997" .Re .Sh AUTHORS The .Fn pam_getenv 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.
p The OpenPAM library is maintained by .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des (at] des.dev .
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