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44 .Nd get PAM information
49 .In security/pam_appl.h
51 .Fn pam_get_item "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "int item_type" "const void **item"
55 function stores a pointer to the item specified by
58 argument in the location specified by the
61 The item is retrieved from the PAM context specified by the
64 The following item types are recognized:
67 The name of the requesting service.
69 The name of the user the application is trying to
72 The name of the current terminal.
74 The name of the applicant's host.
78 describing the current conversation
81 The current authentication token.
83 The expired authentication token.
85 The name of the applicant.
86 .It Dv PAM_USER_PROMPT
87 The prompt to use when asking the applicant for a user
88 name to authenticate as.
89 .It Dv PAM_AUTHTOK_PROMPT
90 The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
92 .It Dv PAM_OLDAUTHTOK_PROMPT
93 The prompt to use when asking the applicant for an
94 expired authentication token prior to changing it.
96 The sockaddr_storage of the applicants's host.
102 user if this is a login on top of a previous one.
108 .Vt struct pam_conv .
112 function returns one of the following values:
114 .It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
116 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
126 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
132 function and this manual page were developed for the
134 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
135 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
136 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
138 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.