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pam_get_user(3)

HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007
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NAME

pam_get_user — PAM routine to retrieve user name.

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpam [ library ... ]

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

int pam_get_user(pam_handle_t *pamh, char **user, const char *prompt);

DESCRIPTION

pam_get_user() is used by PAM service modules to retrieve the current user name from the PAM handle. If the user name has not been set, via pam_start() or pam_set_item(), then the PAM conversation function will be used to prompt the user for the user name with the string "prompt". If prompt is NULL, then pam_get_item() is called and the value of PAM_USER_PROMPT is used for prompting. If the value of PAM_USER_PROMPT is NULL, the following default prompt is used:

Please enter user name:

After the user name is gathered by the conversation function, pam_set_item() is called to set the value of PAM_USER.

By convention, applications that need to prompt for a user name should call pam_set_item() and set the value of PAM_USER_PROMPT before calling pam_authenticate(). The service module's pam_sm_authenticate() function will then call pam_get_user() to prompt for the user name. Note that certain PAM service modules (such as a smart card module) may override the value of PAM_USER_PROMPT and pass in their own prompt.

Applications that call pam_authenticate() multiple times should set the value of PAM_USER to NULL with pam_set_item() before calling pam_authenticate() if they want the user to be prompted for a new user name each time.

The value of user retrieved by pam_get_user() should not be modified or freed. The item will be released by pam_end().

APPLICATION USAGE

Refer to pam(3) for information on thread-safety of PAM interfaces.

RETURN VALUES

Upon success, pam_get_user() returns PAM_SUCCESS; otherwise it returns an error code. Refer to pam(3) for information on error related return values.

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