openpam_get_option(3)

openpam_get_option3

Returns the value of a module option

Usage

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

#include <security/openpam.h>

const char *

openpam_get_option(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *option);

Overview

The openpam_get_option() function returns the value of the specified option in the context of the currently executing service module, or NULL if the option is not set or no module is currently executing.

Return values

The openpam_get_option() function returns NULL on failure.

Releases

56 releases since FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE; the text changed 15 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 5.1
  3. 5.2–5.2.1
  4. 5.3–5.5
  5. 6.0–6.3
  6. 6.4
  7. 7.0
  8. 7.1–9.1
  9. 9.2
  10. 9.3–10.0
  11. 10.1–11.2
  12. 11.3–11.4
  13. 12.0–12.2
  14. 12.3–13.2
  15. 13.3–14.5
  16. 15.0–16.0

Standards

The openpam_get_option() function is an OpenPAM extension.

Authors

The openpam_get_option() 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.

The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.