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PAM_GET_AUTHTOK(3)            Linux-PAM Manual            PAM_GET_AUTHTOK(3)

NAME         top

       pam_get_authtok, pam_get_authtok_verify, pam_get_authtok_noverify -
       get authentication token

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <security/pam_ext.h>
       int pam_get_authtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int item,
                           const char **authtok, const char *prompt);
       int pam_get_authtok_noverify(pam_handle_t *pamh,
                                    const char **authtok,
                                    const char *prompt);
       int pam_get_authtok_verify(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char **authtok,
                                  const char *prompt);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The pam_get_authtok function returns the cached authentication token,
       or prompts the user if no token is currently cached. It is intended
       for internal use by Linux-PAM and PAM service modules. Upon
       successful return, authtok contains a pointer to the value of the
       authentication token. Note, this is a pointer to the actual data and
       should not be free()'ed or over-written!
       The prompt argument specifies a prompt to use if no token is cached.
       If a NULL pointer is given, pam_get_authtok uses pre-defined prompts.
       The following values are supported for item:
       PAM_AUTHTOK
           Returns the current authentication token. Called from
           pam_sm_chauthtok(3)pam_get_authtok will ask the user to confirm
           the new token by retyping it. If a prompt was specified, "Retype"
           will be used as prefix.
       PAM_OLDAUTHTOK
           Returns the previous authentication token when changing
           authentication tokens.
       The pam_get_authtok_noverify function can only be used for changing
       the password (from pam_sm_chauthtok(3)). It returns the cached
       authentication token, or prompts the user if no token is currently
       cached. The difference to pam_get_authtok is, that this function does
       not ask a second time for the password to verify it. Upon successful
       return, authtok contains a pointer to the value of the authentication
       token. Note, this is a pointer to the actual data and should not be
       free()'ed or over-written!
       The pam_get_authtok_verify function can only be used to verify a
       password for mistypes gotten by pam_get_authtok_noverify(3). This
       function asks a second time for the password and verify it with the
       password provided by authtok argument. In case of an error, the value
       of authtok is undefined. Else this argument will point to the actual
       data and should not be free()'ed or over-written!

OPTIONS         top

       pam_get_authtok honours the following module options:
       try_first_pass
           Before prompting the user for their password, the module first
           tries the previous stacked module's password in case that
           satisfies this module as well.
       use_first_pass
           The argument use_first_pass forces the module to use a previous
           stacked modules password and will never prompt the user - if no
           password is available or the password is not appropriate, the
           user will be denied access.
       use_authtok
           When password changing enforce the module to set the new token to
           the one provided by a previously stacked password module. If no
           token is available token changing will fail.
       authtok_type=XXX
           The default action is for the module to use the following prompts
           when requesting passwords: "New UNIX password: " and "Retype UNIX
           password: ". The example word UNIX can be replaced with this
           option, by default it is empty.

RETURN VALUES         top

       PAM_AUTH_ERR
           Authentication token could not be retrieved.
       PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR
           New authentication could not be retrieved.
       PAM_SUCCESS
           Authentication token was successfully retrieved.
       PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
           No space for an authentication token was provided.
       PAM_TRY_AGAIN
           New authentication tokens mismatch.

SEE ALSO         top

       pam(8)

STANDARDS         top

       The pam_get_authtok function is a Linux-PAM extensions.

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the linux-pam (Pluggable Authentication Modules
       for Linux) project.  Information about the project can be found at 
       ⟨http://www.linux-pam.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this manual
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