PAM_SETCRED(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_SETCRED(3) |
pam_setcred
—
modify / delete user credentials for an authentication
service
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include
<security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_setcred
(pam_handle_t
*pamh, int
flags);
The pam_setcred
function manages the
application's credentials.
The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:
PAM_SILENT
PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
PAM_DELETE_CRED
PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
PAM_REFRESH_CRED
The latter four are mutually exclusive.
If any other bits are set, pam_setcred
will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
.
The pam_setcred
function returns one of
the following values:
PAM_ABORT
]PAM_BUF_ERR
]PAM_CONV_ERR
]PAM_CRED_ERR
]PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
]PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
]PAM_PERM_DENIED
]PAM_SERVICE_ERR
]PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
]PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
]PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
]X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
The pam_setcred
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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