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44 .Nd retrieve authentication token
49 .In security/pam_appl.h
51 .Fn pam_get_authtok "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item" "const char **authtok" "const char *prompt"
55 function returns the cached authentication token,
56 or prompts the user if no token is currently cached.
57 Either way, a pointer to the authentication token is stored in the
58 location pointed to by the
64 argument must have one of the following values:
67 Returns the current authentication token, or the new token
68 when changing authentication tokens.
70 Returns the previous authentication token when changing
71 authentication tokens.
76 argument specifies a prompt to use if no token is cached.
80 .Dv PAM_AUTHTOK_PROMPT
82 .Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK_PROMPT
84 as appropriate, will be used.
87 a hardcoded default prompt will be used.
93 and there is a non-null
97 will ask the user to confirm the new token by
99 If there is a mismatch,
106 function returns one of the following values:
108 .It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
110 .It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
111 Conversation failure.
112 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
114 .It Bq Er PAM_TRY_AGAIN
125 function is an OpenPAM extension.
129 function and this manual page were developed for the
131 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
132 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
133 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
135 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.