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PAM_GET_DATA(3)                         BSD Library Functions Manual                         PAM_GET_DATA(3)

NAME
     pam_get_data -- get module information

LIBRARY
     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>

     int
     pam_get_data(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *module_data_name, const void **data);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_get_data function looks up the opaque object associated with the string specified by the
     module_data_name argument, in the PAM context specified by the pamh argument.  A pointer to the object
     is stored in the location pointed to by the data argument.

     This function and its counterpart pam_set_data(3) are useful for managing data that are meaningful only
     to a particular service module.

RETURN VALUES
     The pam_get_data function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA]
                         Module data not found.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_set_data(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS
     X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.

AUTHORS
     The pam_get_data 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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