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author | Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com> | 2019-01-03 17:05:01 -0800 |
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committer | Steve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com> | 2019-01-03 17:27:13 -0800 |
commit | 419bd504587ec2bfc9085fe56e7a53433fd1eae6 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/doc/man/pam_sm_setcred.3 b/doc/man/pam_sm_setcred.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ce875631 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/pam_sm_setcred.3 @@ -0,0 +1,113 @@ +.\" Title: pam_sm_setcred +.\" Author: +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 04/16/2008 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" +.TH "PAM_SM_SETCRED" "3" "04/16/2008" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual" +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.SH "NAME" +pam_sm_setcred - PAM service function to alter credentials +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.ft B +.nf +#define PAM_SM_AUTH +.fi +.ft +.sp +.ft B +.nf +#include <security/pam_modules\.h> +.fi +.ft +.HP 30 +.BI "PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_setcred(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", int\ " "flags" ", int\ " "argc" ", const\ char\ **" "argv" ");" +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +The +\fBpam_sm_setcred\fR +function is the service module\'s implementation of the +\fBpam_setcred\fR(3) +interface\. +.PP +This function performs the task of altering the credentials of the user with respect to the corresponding authorization scheme\. Generally, an authentication module may have access to more information about a user than their authentication token\. This function is used to make such information available to the application\. It should only be called +\fIafter\fR +the user has been authenticated but before a session has been established\. +.PP +Valid flags, which may be logically OR\'d with +\fIPAM_SILENT\fR, are: +.PP +PAM_SILENT +.RS 4 +Do not emit any messages\. +.RE +.PP +PAM_DELETE_CRED +.RS 4 +Delete the credentials associated with the authentication service\. +.RE +.PP +PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED +.RS 4 +Reinitialize the user credentials\. +.RE +.PP +PAM_REFRESH_CRED +.RS 4 +Extend the lifetime of the user credentials\. +.RE +.PP +The way the +\fBauth\fR +stack is navigated in order to evaluate the +\fBpam_setcred\fR() function call, independent of the +\fBpam_sm_setcred\fR() return codes, is exactly the same way that it was navigated when evaluating the +\fBpam_authenticate\fR() library call\. Typically, if a stack entry was ignored in evaluating +\fBpam_authenticate\fR(), it will be ignored when libpam evaluates the +\fBpam_setcred\fR() function call\. Otherwise, the return codes from each module specific +\fBpam_sm_setcred\fR() call are treated as +\fBrequired\fR\. +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL +.RS 4 +This module cannot retrieve the user\'s credentials\. +.RE +.PP +PAM_CRED_EXPIRED +.RS 4 +The user\'s credentials have expired\. +.RE +.PP +PAM_CRED_ERR +.RS 4 +This module was unable to set the credentials of the user\. +.RE +.PP +PAM_SUCCESS +.RS 4 +The user credential was successfully set\. +.RE +.PP +PAM_USER_UNKNOWN +.RS 4 +The user is not known to this authentication module\. +.RE +.PP +These, non\-\fIPAM_SUCCESS\fR, return values will typically lead to the credential stack +\fIfailing\fR\. The first such error will dominate in the return value of +\fBpam_setcred\fR()\. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP + +\fBpam\fR(3), +\fBpam_authenticate\fR(3), +\fBpam_setcred\fR(3), +\fBpam_sm_authenticate\fR(3), +\fBpam_strerror\fR(3), +\fBPAM\fR(8) |