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diff --git a/doc/man/pam_getenvlist.3 b/doc/man/pam_getenvlist.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..945cc90 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/pam_getenvlist.3 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pam_getenvlist +.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 05/18/2017 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "PAM_GETENVLIST" "3" "05/18/2017" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +pam_getenvlist \- getting the PAM environment +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.ft B +.nf +#include <security/pam_appl\&.h> +.fi +.ft +.HP \w'char\ **pam_getenvlist('u +.BI "char **pam_getenvlist(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ");" +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +The +\fBpam_getenvlist\fR +function returns a complete copy of the PAM environment as associated with the handle +\fIpamh\fR\&. The PAM environment variables represent the contents of the regular environment variables of the authenticated user when service is granted\&. +.PP +The format of the memory is a malloc()\*(Aqd array of char pointers, the last element of which is set to NULL\&. Each of the non\-NULL entries in this array point to a NUL terminated and malloc()\*(Aqd char string of the form: "\fIname=value\fR"\&. +.PP +It should be noted that this memory will never be free()\*(Aqd by libpam\&. Once obtained by a call to +\fBpam_getenvlist\fR, it is the responsibility of the calling application to free() this memory\&. +.PP +It is by design, and not a coincidence, that the format and contents of the returned array matches that required for the third argument of the +\fBexecle\fR(3) +function call\&. +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +The +\fBpam_getenvlist\fR +function returns NULL on failure\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpam_start\fR(3), +\fBpam_getenv\fR(3), +\fBpam_putenv\fR(3), +\fBpam\fR(8) |