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39.Dd May 26, 2012
40.Dt PAM_SET_DATA 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm pam_set_data
44.Nd set 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_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)"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Fn pam_set_data
55function associates a pointer to an opaque object
56with an arbitrary string specified by the
57.Fa module_data_name
58argument,
59in the PAM context specified by the
60.Fa pamh
61argument.
62.Pp
63If not
64.Dv NULL ,
65the
66.Fa cleanup
67argument should point to a function
68responsible for releasing the resources associated with the object.
69.Pp
70This function and its counterpart
71.Xr pam_get_data 3
72are useful for managing
73data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.
74.Sh RETURN VALUES
75The
76.Fn pam_set_data
77function returns one of the following values:
78.Bl -tag -width 18n
79.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
80Memory buffer error.
81.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
82System error.
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr openpam_free_data 3 ,
86.Xr pam 3 ,
87.Xr pam_get_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.Fn pam_set_data
97function and this manual page were
98developed for the
99.Fx
100Project by ThinkSec 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