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44 .Nd modify / delete user credentials for an authentication service
49 .In security/pam_appl.h
51 .Fn pam_setcred "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
55 function manages the application's credentials.
59 argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
63 Do not emit any messages.
64 .It Dv PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
65 Establish the credentials of the target user.
66 .It Dv PAM_DELETE_CRED
67 Revoke all established credentials.
68 .It Dv PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
69 Fully reinitialise credentials.
70 .It Dv PAM_REFRESH_CRED
74 The latter four are mutually exclusive.
76 If any other bits are set,
83 function returns one of the following values:
89 .It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
91 .It Bq Er PAM_CRED_ERR
92 Failed to set user credentials.
93 .It Bq Er PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
94 User credentials have expired.
95 .It Bq Er PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
96 Failed to retrieve user credentials.
97 .It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
99 .It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
100 Error in service module.
101 .It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
103 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
105 .It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
113 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
119 function and this manual page were developed for the
121 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
122 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
123 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
125 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.