PAM_GET_USER(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_GET_USER(3) |
pam_get_user
—
retrieve user name
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include
<security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_get_user
(pam_handle_t
*pamh, const char
**user, const char
*prompt);
The pam_get_user
function returns the name
of the target user, as specified to
pam_start(3). If no user was
specified, nor set using
pam_set_item(3),
pam_get_user
will prompt for a user name. Either
way, a pointer to the user name is stored in the location pointed to by the
user argument.
The prompt argument specifies a prompt to
use if no user name is cached. If it is NULL
, the
PAM_USER_PROMPT
will be used. If that item is also
NULL
, a hardcoded default prompt will be used.
The pam_get_user
function returns one of
the following values:
PAM_BUF_ERR
]PAM_CONV_ERR
]PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
]pam(3), pam_get_authtok(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_start(3), pam_strerror(3)
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
The pam_get_user
function and this manual
page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by
ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research
Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract
N66001-01-C-8035 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS
research program.
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