pam_misc_paste_env(3)

pam_misc_paste_env3

Transcribing an environment to that of pam

Usage

#include <security/pam_misc.h>

int pam_misc_paste_env(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char * const *user);

Overview

This function takes the supplied list of environment pointers and uploads its contents to the PAM environment. Success is indicated by PAM_SUCCESS.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 11 times.

  1. 2.1
  2. 2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8–9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
  12. Arch

Standards

The pam_misc_paste_env function is part of the libpam_misc Library and not defined in any standard.

From pam 1.7.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.