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.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
.\" Copyright (c) 2004-2011 Dag-Erling Smørgrav
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.\"
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.Dd May 26, 2012
.Dt PAM_GET_USER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_get_user
.Nd retrieve user name
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libpam
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h
.Ft "int"
.Fn pam_get_user "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char **user" "const char *prompt"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pam_get_user
function returns the name of the target user, as
specified to
.Xr pam_start 3 .
If no user was specified, nor set using
.Xr pam_set_item 3 ,
.Fn pam_get_user
will prompt for a user name.
Either way, a pointer to the user name is stored in the location
pointed to by the
.Fa user
argument.
.Pp
The
.Fa prompt
argument specifies a prompt to use if no user name is
cached.
If it is
.Dv NULL ,
the
.Dv PAM_USER_PROMPT
item will be used.
If that item is also
.Dv NULL ,
a hardcoded default prompt will be used.
Either way, the prompt is expanded using
.Xr openpam_subst 3
before it is
passed to the conversation function.
.Pp
If
.Fn pam_get_user
is called from a module and the
.Dv user_prompt
option is
set in the policy file, the value of that option takes precedence over
both the
.Fa prompt
argument and the
.Dv PAM_USER_PROMPT
item.
.Pp
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn pam_get_user
function returns one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width 18n
.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
Conversation failure.
.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr openpam_subst 3 ,
.Xr pam 3 ,
.Xr pam_get_authtok 3 ,
.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
.Xr pam_set_item 3 ,
.Xr pam_start 3 ,
.Xr pam_strerror 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Rs
.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
.%D "June 1997"
.Re
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Fn pam_get_user
function and this manual page were
developed for the
.Fx
Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.