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39.Dd May 26, 2012
40.Dt PAM_SETCRED 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm pam_setcred
44.Nd modify / delete user credentials for an authentication service
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_setcred "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Fn pam_setcred
55function manages the application's credentials.
56.Pp
57The
58.Fa flags
59argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
60values:
61.Bl -tag -width 18n
62.It Dv PAM_SILENT
63Do not emit any messages.
64.It Dv PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
65Establish the credentials of the target user.
66.It Dv PAM_DELETE_CRED
67Revoke all established credentials.
68.It Dv PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
69Fully reinitialise credentials.
70.It Dv PAM_REFRESH_CRED
71Refresh credentials.
72.El
73.Pp
74The latter four are mutually exclusive.
75.Pp
76If any other bits are set,
77.Fn pam_setcred
78will return
79.Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR .
80.Sh RETURN VALUES
81The
82.Fn pam_setcred
83function returns one of the following values:
84.Bl -tag -width 18n
85.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
86General failure.
87.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
88Memory buffer error.
89.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
90Conversation failure.
91.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_ERR
92Failed to set user credentials.
93.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
94User credentials have expired.
95.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
96Failed to retrieve user credentials.
97.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
98Permission denied.
99.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
100Error in service module.
101.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
102Invalid symbol.
103.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
104System error.
105.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
106Unknown user.
107.El
108.Sh SEE ALSO
109.Xr pam 3 ,
110.Xr pam_strerror 3
111.Sh STANDARDS
112.Rs
113.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
114.%D "June 1997"
115.Re
116.Sh AUTHORS
117The
118.Fn pam_setcred
119function and this manual page were
120developed for the
121.Fx
122Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
123Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
124DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
125.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
126as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
127