PAM_GETENV
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (3)
Updated: 11/25/2020
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NAME
pam_getenv - get a PAM environment variable
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
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const char *pam_getenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_getenv
function searches the PAM environment list as associated with the handle
pamh
for an item that matches the string pointed to by
name
and returns a pointer to the value of the environment variable. The application is not allowed to free the data.
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_getenv
function returns NULL on failure.
SEE ALSO
pam_start(3),
pam_getenvlist(3),
pam_putenv(3),
pam(8)