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42 .Nd get module information
47 .In security/pam_appl.h
49 .Fn pam_get_data "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *module_data_name" "const void **data"
53 function looks up the opaque object associated with
54 the string specified by the
57 context specified by the
60 A pointer to the object is stored in the location pointed to by the
64 This function and its counterpart
66 are useful for managing
67 data that are meaningful only to a particular service module.
71 function returns one of the following values:
73 .It Bq Er PAM_NO_MODULE_DATA
74 Module data not found.
75 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
84 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
90 function and this manual page were developed for the
92 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
93 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
94 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
96 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.