pam_getenv 3 Linux-PAM Manual pam_getenv get a PAM environment variable #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_start3 , pam_getenvlist3 , pam_putenv3 , pam8