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39.Dd December 18, 2011
40.Dt PAM_GET_DATA 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm pam_get_data
44.Nd get module information
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libpam
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In sys/types.h
49.In security/pam_appl.h
50.Ft "int"
51.Fn pam_get_data "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "const void **data"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55function looks up the opaque object associated with
56the string specified by the
57.Fa module_data_name
58argument, in the PAM
59context specified by the
60.Fa pamh
61argument.
62A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the
63.Fa data
64argument.
65If
66.Nm
67fails, the
68.Fa data
69argument is untouched.
70.Pp
71This function and its counterpart
72.Xr pam_set_data 3
73are useful for managing
74data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.
75.Sh RETURN VALUES
76The
77.Nm
78function returns one of the following values:
79.Bl -tag -width 18n
80.It Bq Er PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA
81Module data not found.
82.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
83System error.
84.El
85.Sh SEE ALSO
86.Xr pam 3 ,
87.Xr pam_set_data 3 ,
88.Xr pam_strerror 3
89.Sh STANDARDS
90.Rs
91.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
92.%D "June 1997"
93.Re
94.Sh AUTHORS
95The
96.Nm
97function and this manual page were developed for the
98.Fx
99Project by
100ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
101Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
102DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
103.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
104as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
105