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+.\"-
+.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.
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+.\" $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.
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