openpam_restore_cred(3)

openpam_restore_cred3

Restore credentials

Usage

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

#include <security/openpam.h>

int

openpam_restore_cred(pam_handle_t *pamh);

Overview

The openpam_restore_cred() function restores the credentials saved by openpam_borrow_cred(3).

Return values

The openpam_restore_cred() function returns one of the following values:

[PAM_SUCCESS]

Success.

[PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA]

Module data not found.

[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]

System error.

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_restore_cred() function is an OpenPAM extension.

Authors

The openpam_restore_cred() 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.