NAME¶

pam_get_user - get user name

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <security/pam_modules.h>

int pam_get_user(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char **user, const char *prompt);

DESCRIPTION¶

The pam_get_user function returns the name of the user specified by pam_start(3). If no user was specified it what pam_get_item (pamh, PAM_USER, ... ); would have returned. If this is NULL it obtains the username via the pam_conv(3) mechanism, it prompts the user with the first non-NULL string in the following list:

By whatever means the username is obtained, a pointer to it is returned as the contents of *user. Note, this memory should not be free()'d or modified by the module.

This function sets the PAM_USER item associated with the pam_set_item(3) and pam_get_item(3) functions.

RETURN VALUES¶

PAM_SUCCESS

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

PAM_CONV_ERR

SEE ALSO¶

pam_end(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_strerror(3)