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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man3/pam_get_user.3 b/static/freebsd/man3/pam_get_user.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..26fd014f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man3/pam_get_user.3 @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@ +.\" Generated from pam_get_user.c by gendoc.pl +.Dd May 31, 2025 +.Dt PAM_GET_USER 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pam_get_user +.Nd retrieve user name +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In security/pam_appl.h +.Ft "int" +.Fn pam_get_user "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char **user" "const char *prompt" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn pam_get_user +function returns the name of the target user, as +specified to +.Xr pam_start 3 . +If no user was specified, nor set using +.Xr pam_set_item 3 , +.Fn pam_get_user +will prompt for a user name. +Either way, a pointer to the user name is stored in the location +pointed to by the +.Fa user +argument, and the corresponding PAM item is +updated. +.Pp +The +.Fa prompt +argument specifies a prompt to use if no user name is +cached. +If it is +.Dv NULL , +the +.Dv PAM_USER_PROMPT +item will be used. +If that item is also +.Dv NULL , +a hardcoded default prompt will be used. +Additionally, when +.Fn pam_get_user +is called from a service module, the +prompt may be affected by module options as described below. +The prompt is then expanded using +.Xr openpam_subst 3 +before it is passed to +the conversation function. +.Sh MODULE OPTIONS +When called by a service module, +.Fn pam_get_user +will recognize the +following module options: +.Bl -tag -width 18n +.It Dv user_prompt +Prompt to use when asking for the user name. +This option overrides both the +.Fa prompt +argument and the +.Dv PAM_USER_PROMPT +item. +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn pam_get_user +function returns one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width 18n +.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS +Success. +.It Bq Er PAM_BAD_ITEM +Unrecognized or restricted item. +.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR +Memory buffer error. +.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR +Conversation failure. +.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR +System error. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr openpam_get_option 3 , +.Xr openpam_subst 3 , +.Xr pam 3 , +.Xr pam_conv 3 , +.Xr pam_get_authtok 3 , +.Xr pam_get_item 3 , +.Xr pam_set_item 3 , +.Xr pam_start 3 , +.Xr pam_strerror 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Rs +.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" +.%D "June 1997" +.Re +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Fn pam_get_user +function and this manual page were +developed for the +.Fx +Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the +Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under +DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 +.Pq Dq CBOSS , +as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. +.Pp +The OpenPAM library is maintained by +.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.dev . |
