pam_getenv

Name

pam_getenv -- get a PAM environment variable

Synopsis

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

const char * pam_getenv(const pam_handle_t * pamh, const char * name);

Description

The pam_getenv() function shall search the environment associated with the PAM handle pamh for the environment variable name. If the specified environment variable cannot be found, a null pointer shall be returned. The application shall ensure that it does not modify the string pointed to by the pam_getenv() function.

Return Value

On success, pam_getenv() returns a pointer to a string of the form name=value.