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41 .Nd get PAM information
46 .In security/pam_appl.h
48 .Fn pam_get_item "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item_type" "const void **item"
52 function stores a pointer to the item specified by
55 argument in the location specified by the
58 The item is retrieved from the PAM context specified by the
61 The following item types are recognized:
64 The name of the requesting service.
66 The name of the user the application is trying to
69 The name of the current terminal.
71 The name of the applicant's host.
75 describing the current conversation
78 The current authentication token.
80 The expired authentication token.
82 The name of the applicant.
83 .It Dv PAM_USER_PROMPT
84 The prompt to use when asking the applicant for a user
85 name to authenticate as.
86 .It Dv PAM_AUTHTOK_PROMPT
87 The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
89 .It Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK_PROMPT
90 The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
91 expired authentication token prior to changing it.
102 function returns one of the following values:
104 .It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
106 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
116 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
122 function and this manual page were developed for the
124 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
125 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.& under
126 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
128 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.