December 21, 2007 PAM_SETENV 3

### NAME

pam_setenv - mirrors setenv(3)

### LIBRARY

### SYNOPSIS

```int` pam_setenv(```pam_handle_t *pamh``, const char *name``, const char *value``, int overwrite`)

### DESCRIPTION

The pam_setenv function sets a environment variable. Its semantics are similar to those of setenv(3), but it modifies the PAM context's environment list instead of the application's.

### RETURN VALUES

The pam_setenv function returns one of the following values:

[```PAM_BUF_ERR`]
  Memory buffer error.

[```PAM_SYSTEM_ERR`]
  System error.

### SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_getenv(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam_strerror(3), setenv(3)

### STANDARDS

The pam_setenv function is an OpenPAM extension.

### AUTHORS

The pam_setenv function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.