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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 14:22:51 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 14:22:51 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1.5.2.upstream/1.5.2upstream
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diff --git a/doc/man/pam_get_user.3 b/doc/man/pam_get_user.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..12cfaf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/pam_get_user.3 @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pam_get_user +.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 09/03/2021 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "PAM_GET_USER" "3" "09/03/2021" "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_get_user \- get user name +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.ft B +.nf +#include <security/pam_modules\&.h> +.fi +.ft +.HP \w'int\ pam_get_user('u +.BI "int pam_get_user(const\ pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", const\ char\ **" "user" ", const\ char\ *" "prompt" ");" +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +The +\fBpam_get_user\fR +function returns the name of the user specified by +\fBpam_start\fR(3)\&. If no user was specified it returns what +\fBpam_get_item (pamh, PAM_USER, \&.\&.\&. );\fR +would have returned\&. If this is NULL it obtains the username via the +\fBpam_conv\fR(3) +mechanism, it prompts the user with the first non\-NULL string in the following list: +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +The +\fIprompt\fR +argument passed to the function\&. +.RE +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +What is returned by pam_get_item (pamh, PAM_USER_PROMPT, \&.\&.\&. ); +.RE +.sp +.RS 4 +.ie n \{\ +\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c +.\} +.el \{\ +.sp -1 +.IP \(bu 2.3 +.\} +The default prompt: "login: " +.RE +.PP +By whatever means the username is obtained, a pointer to it is returned as the contents of +\fI*user\fR\&. Note, this memory should +\fBnot\fR +be +\fIfree()\fR\*(Aqd or +\fImodified\fR +by the module\&. +.PP +This function sets the +\fIPAM_USER\fR +item associated with the +\fBpam_set_item\fR(3) +and +\fBpam_get_item\fR(3) +functions\&. +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +PAM_SUCCESS +.RS 4 +User name was successful retrieved\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_SYSTEM_ERR +.RS 4 +A NULL pointer was submitted\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_CONV_ERR +.RS 4 +The conversation method supplied by the application failed to obtain the username\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_BUF_ERR +.RS 4 +Memory buffer error\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_ABORT +.RS 4 +Error resuming an old conversation\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_CONV_AGAIN +.RS 4 +The conversation method supplied by the application is waiting for an event\&. +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpam_end\fR(3), +\fBpam_get_item\fR(3), +\fBpam_set_item\fR(3), +\fBpam_strerror\fR(3) |