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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
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4 <refentry id='pam_getenv'>
5   <refmeta>
6     <refentrytitle>pam_getenv</refentrytitle>
7     <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
8     <refmiscinfo class='setdesc'>Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
9   </refmeta>
10
11   <refnamediv id="pam_getenv-name">
12     <refname>pam_getenv</refname>
13     <refpurpose>get a PAM environment variable</refpurpose>
14   </refnamediv>
15
16 <!-- body begins here -->
17
18   <refsynopsisdiv>
19     <funcsynopsis id='pam_getenv-synopsis'>
20       <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;security/pam_appl.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
21       <funcprototype>
22         <funcdef>const char *<function>pam_getenv</function></funcdef>
23         <paramdef>pam_handle_t *<parameter>pamh</parameter></paramdef>
24         <paramdef>const char *<parameter>name</parameter></paramdef>
25       </funcprototype>
26     </funcsynopsis>
27   </refsynopsisdiv>
28
29
30   <refsect1 id='pam_getenv-description'>
31     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
32     <para>
33       The <function>pam_getenv</function> function searches the
34       PAM environment list as associated with the handle
35       <emphasis>pamh</emphasis> for an item that matches the string
36       pointed to by <emphasis>name</emphasis> and returns a pointer
37       to the value of the environment variable. The application is
38       not allowed to free the data.
39     </para>
40   </refsect1>
41
42   <refsect1 id="pam_getenv-return_values">
43     <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
44     <para>
45       The <function>pam_getenv</function> function returns NULL
46       on failure.
47     </para>
48   </refsect1>
49
50   <refsect1 id='pam_getenv-see_also'>
51     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
52     <para>
53       <citerefentry>
54         <refentrytitle>pam_start</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
55       </citerefentry>,
56       <citerefentry>
57         <refentrytitle>pam_getenvlist</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
58       </citerefentry>,
59       <citerefentry>
60         <refentrytitle>pam_putenv</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
61       </citerefentry>,
62       <citerefentry>
63         <refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
64       </citerefentry>
65     </para>
66   </refsect1>
67 </refentry>