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40 .Dt OPENPAM_BORROW_CRED 3
43 .Nm openpam_borrow_cred
44 .Nd temporarily borrow user credentials
49 .In security/pam_appl.h
50 .In security/openpam.h
52 .Fn openpam_borrow_cred "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const struct passwd *pwd"
56 function saves the current credentials and
57 switches to those of the user specified by its
60 The affected credentials are the effective UID, the effective GID, and
61 the group access list.
62 The original credentials can be restored using
63 .Xr openpam_restore_cred 3 .
67 function returns one of the following values:
71 .It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
73 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
80 .Xr openpam_restore_cred 3 ,
86 function is an OpenPAM extension.
90 function and this manual page were developed for the
92 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
93 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
94 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
96 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.