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diff --git a/contrib/openpam/doc/man/openpam_borrow_cred.3 b/contrib/openpam/doc/man/openpam_borrow_cred.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b83e14a --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/openpam/doc/man/openpam_borrow_cred.3 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and +.\" NAI Labs, 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. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote +.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written +.\" permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $P4: //depot/projects/openpam/doc/man/openpam_borrow_cred.3#1 $ +.\" +.Dd April 8, 2002 +.Dt OPENPAM_BORROW_CRED 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm openpam_borrow_cred +.Nd temporarily borrow user credentials +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libpam +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In security/pam_appl.h +.Ft int +.Fn openpam_borrow_cred "pam_handle_t *pamh" "const struct passwd *pwd" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +function saves the current credentials and +switches to those of the user specified by its +.Va pwd +argument. The +affected credentials are the effective UID, the effective GID, and the +group access list. The original credentials can be restored using +.Xr openpam_restore_cred 3 . +.Pp +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Nm +function returns one of the following values: +.Bl -tag -width 18n +.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR +Memory buffer error. +.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED +Permission denied. +.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR +System error. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr openpam_restore_cred 3 , +.Xr pam 3 , +.Xr pam_strerror 3 , +.Xr setegid 3 , +.Xr seteuid 3 , +.Xr setgroups 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +function is an OpenPAM extension. +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project +by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network +Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 +.Pq Dq CBOSS , +as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. |