PAM_GETENV(3)                            Linux-PAM Manual                           PAM_GETENV(3)



NAME
       pam_getenv - get a PAM environment variable

SYNOPSIS
       #include <security/pam_appl.h>

       const char *pam_getenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
       The pam_getenv function searches the PAM environment list as associated with the handle
       pamh for an item that matches the string pointed to by name and returns a pointer to the
       value of the environment variable. The application is not allowed to free the data.

RETURN VALUES
       The pam_getenv function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO
       pam_start(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam(7)



Linux-PAM Manual                            09/19/2013                              PAM_GETENV(3)