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.Dd September 7, 2013 .Dt PAM_SET_DATA 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_set_data .Nd set module information .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpam .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "int" .Fn pam_set_data "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "void *data" "void (*cleanup)(pam_handle_t *pamh, void *data, int pam_end_status)" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pam_set_data function associates a pointer to an opaque object with an arbitrary string specified by the .Fa module_data_name argument, in the PAM context specified by the .Fa pamh argument.
p If not .Dv NULL , the .Fa cleanup argument should point to a function responsible for releasing the resources associated with the object.
p This function and its counterpart .Xr pam_get_data 3 are useful for managing data that are meaningful only to a particular service module. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn pam_set_data function returns one of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. t Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr openpam_free_data 3 , .Xr pam 3 , .Xr pam_get_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_set_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.
p The OpenPAM library is maintained by .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des (at] des.no .
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