NAME

       pam_getenv - get a PAM environment variable

SYNOPSIS

       #include <security/pam_appl.h>

       const char *pam_getenv(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

       The pam_getenv function searches the PAM environment list as associated with the handle pamh for an item
       that matches the string pointed to by name and returns a pointer to the value of the environment
       variable. The application is not allowed to free the data.

RETURN VALUES

       The pam_getenv function returns NULL on failure.

SEE ALSO

       pam_start(3), pam_getenvlist(3), pam_putenv(3), pam(7)

Linux-PAM                                          09/06/2025                                      PAM_GETENV(3)