pam_getenvlist(3) — Linux manual page

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PAM_GETENVLIST(3)           Linux-PAM Manual           PAM_GETENVLIST(3)

NAME         top

       pam_getenvlist - getting the PAM environment

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <security/pam_appl.h>

       char **pam_getenvlist(pam_handle_t *pamh);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The pam_getenvlist function returns a complete copy of the PAM
       environment as associated with the handle pamh. The PAM
       environment variables represent the contents of the regular
       environment variables of the authenticated user when service is
       granted.

       The format of the memory is a malloc()'d 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()'d
       char string of the form: "name=value".

       It should be noted that this memory will never be free()'d by
       libpam. Once obtained by a call to pam_getenvlist, it is the
       responsibility of the calling application to free() this memory.

       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 execle(3) function call.

RETURN VALUES         top

       The pam_getenvlist function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO         top

       pam_start(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_putenv(3), pam(8)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux-PAM Manual               12/22/2023              PAM_GETENVLIST(3)

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