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PAM_PUTENV(3)                           BSD Library Functions Manual                           PAM_PUTENV(3)

NAME
     pam_putenv -- set the value of an environment variable

LIBRARY
     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

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

     int
     pam_putenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *namevalue);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_putenv function sets a environment variable.  Its semantics are similar to those of putenv(3),
     but it modifies the PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.

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

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_setenv(3), pam_strerror(3), putenv(3)

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

AUTHORS
     The pam_putenv 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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