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'\" t
.\" Title: pam_get_item
-.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 06/08/2020
+.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/author]
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 02/29/2024
.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
-.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "PAM_GET_ITEM" "3" "06/08/2020" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM_GET_ITEM" "3" "02/29/2024" "Linux\-PAM" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -74,11 +74,13 @@ The string used when prompting for a user\*(Aqs name\&. The default value for th
.PP
PAM_TTY
.RS 4
-The terminal name: prefixed by
+The terminal name prefixed by
/dev/
-if it is a device file; for graphical, X\-based, applications the value for this item should be the
+for device files\&. In the past, graphical X\-based applications used to store the
\fI$DISPLAY\fR
-variable\&.
+variable here, but with the introduction of
+\fIPAM_XDISPLAY\fR
+this usage is deprecated\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_RUSER