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+'\" t
.\" Title: pam_setcred
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.74.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 10/27/2010
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 09/19/2013
.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "PAM_SETCRED" "3" "10/27/2010" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
+.TH "PAM_SETCRED" "3" "09/19/2013" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
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.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -166,23 +27,17 @@
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
-.SH "Name"
+.SH "NAME"
pam_setcred \- establish / delete user credentials
-.SH "Synopsis"
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
.ft B
-.fam C
-.ps -1
.nf
#include <security/pam_appl\&.h>
.fi
-.fam
-.ps +1
.ft
-.fam C
.HP \w'int\ pam_setcred('u
.BI "int pam_setcred(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", int\ " "flags" ");"
-.fam
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
The
@@ -193,15 +48,15 @@ function is used to establish, maintain and delete the credentials of a user\&.
.PP
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\*(Aqs
\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\*(Aqs 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\&.
.PP
Valid
-\fIflags\fR, any one of which, may be logically OR\'d with
+\fIflags\fR, any one of which, may be logically OR\*(Aqd with
\fBPAM_SILENT\fR, are:
.PP
PAM_ESTABLISH_CRED
@@ -211,12 +66,12 @@ Initialize the credentials for the user\&.
.PP
PAM_DELETE_CRED
.RS 4
-Delete the user\'s credentials\&.
+Delete the user\*(Aqs credentials\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_REINITIALIZE_CRED
.RS 4
-Fully reinitialize the user\'s credentials\&.
+Fully reinitialize the user\*(Aqs credentials\&.
.RE
.PP
PAM_REFRESH_CRED
@@ -261,7 +116,6 @@ 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),