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authorSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>2019-01-03 17:53:41 -0800
committerSteve Langasek <steve.langasek@ubuntu.com>2019-01-03 18:17:08 -0800
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.\" Title: pam_setcred
-.\" Author:
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+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 03/02/2009
.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "PAM_SETCRED" "3" "04/16/2008" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM_SETCRED" "3" "03/02/2009" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
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-.SH "NAME"
-pam_setcred - establish / delete user credentials
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.SH "Name"
+pam_setcred \- establish / delete user credentials
+.SH "Synopsis"
.sp
.ft B
+.fam C
+.ps -1
.nf
-#include <security/pam_appl\.h>
+#include <security/pam_appl\&.h>
.fi
+.fam
+.ps +1
.ft
-.HP 16
+.fam C
+.HP \w'int\ pam_setcred('u
.BI "int pam_setcred(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", int\ " "flags" ");"
+.fam
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
\fBpam_setcred\fR
-function is used to establish, maintain and delete the credentials of a user\. It should be called after a user has been authenticated and before a session is opened for the user (with
-\fBpam_open_session\fR(3))\.
+function is used to establish, maintain and delete the credentials of a user\&. It should be called to set the credentials after a user has been authenticated and before a session is opened for the user (with
+\fBpam_open_session\fR(3))\&. The credentials should be deleted after the sesseion has been closed (with
+\fBpam_close_session\fR(3))\&.
.PP
-A credential is something that the user possesses\. It is some property, such as a
+A credential is something that the user possesses\&. It is some property, such as a
\fIKerberos\fR
-ticket, or a supplementary group membership that make up the uniqueness of a given user\. On a Linux system the user\'s
+ticket, or a supplementary group membership that make up the uniqueness of a given user\&. On a Linux system the user\'s
\fIUID\fR
and
-\fIGID\fR\'s are credentials too\. However, it has been decided that these properties (along with the default supplementary groups of which the user is a member) are credentials that should be set directly by the application and not by PAM\. Such credentials should be established, by the application, prior to a call to this function\. For example,
+\fIGID\fR\'s are credentials too\&. However, it has been decided that these properties (along with the default supplementary groups of which the user is a member) are credentials that should be set directly by the application and not by PAM\&. Such credentials should be established, by the application, prior to a call to this function\&. For example,
\fBinitgroups\fR(2)
-(or equivalent) should have been performed\.
+(or equivalent) should have been performed\&.
.PP
Valid
\fIflags\fR, any one of which, may be logically OR\'d with
@@ -43,62 +206,63 @@ Valid
.PP
PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
.RS 4
-Initialize the credentials for the user\.
+Initialize the credentials for the user\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_DELETE_CRED
.RS 4
-Delete the user\'s credentials\.
+Delete the user\'s credentials\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
.RS 4
-Fully reinitialize the user\'s credentials\.
+Fully reinitialize the user\'s credentials\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_REFRESH_CRED
.RS 4
-Extend the lifetime of the existing credentials\.
+Extend the lifetime of the existing credentials\&.
.RE
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.PP
PAM_BUF_ERR
.RS 4
-Memory buffer error\.
+Memory buffer error\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_CRED_ERR
.RS 4
-Failed to set user credentials\.
+Failed to set user credentials\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_CRED_EXPIRED
.RS 4
-User credentials are expired\.
+User credentials are expired\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_CRED_UNAVAIL
.RS 4
-Failed to retrieve user credentials\.
+Failed to retrieve user credentials\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_SUCCESS
.RS 4
-Data was successful stored\.
+Data was successful stored\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
.RS 4
-A NULL pointer was submitted as PAM handle, the function was called by a module or another system error occured\.
+A NULL pointer was submitted as PAM handle, the function was called by a module or another system error occured\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
.RS 4
-User is not known to an authentication module\.
+User is not known to an authentication module\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBpam_authenticate\fR(3),
\fBpam_open_session\fR(3),
+\fBpam_close_session\fR(3),
\fBpam_strerror\fR(3)