openpam_set_option(3)

openpam_set_option3

Sets the value of a module option

Usage

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

#include <security/openpam.h>

int

openpam_set_option(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *option, const char *value);

Overview

The openpam_set_option() function sets the specified option in the context of the currently executing service module.

Return values

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

[PAM_SUCCESS]

Success.

[PAM_BUF_ERR]

Memory buffer error.

[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_set_option() function is an OpenPAM extension.

Authors

The openpam_set_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.