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PAM_SETCRED (3) | C library functions | Unix Manual Pages | :man▋
NAME
pam_setcred - modify / delete user credentials for an authentication service
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LIBRARY
.Lb libpam
SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h "int" pam_setcred "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
DESCRIPTION
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 | | | Do not emit any messages. | | PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED | | | Establish the credentials of the target user. | | PAM_DELETE_CRED | | | Revoke all established credentials. | | PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED | | | Fully reinitialise credentials. | | PAM_REFRESH_CRED | | | Refresh credentials. | |
The latter four are mutually exclusive. If any other bits are set, pam_setcred will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_setcred function returns one of the following values: | [PAM_ABORT] | | | General failure. | | [PAM_BUF_ERR] | | | Memory buffer error. | | [PAM_CONV_ERR] | | | Conversation failure. | | [PAM_CRED_ERR] | | | Failed to set user credentials. | | [PAM_CRED_EXPIRED] | | | User credentials have expired. | | [PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL] | | | Failed to retrieve user credentials. | | [PAM_PERM_DENIED] | | | Permission denied. | | [PAM_SERVICE_ERR] | | | Error in service module. | | [PAM_SYMBOL_ERR] | | | Invalid symbol. | | [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] | | | System error. | | [PAM_USER_UNKNOWN] | | | Unknown user. | |
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_strerror(3)
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