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AUTH_GETVAL(3) BSD Library Functions Manual AUTH_GETVAL(3)

NAME

auth_getval — functions for reading values from /etc/auth.conf

LIBRARY

System Utilities Library (libutil, −lutil)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <libutil.h>

char *

auth_getval(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

The function auth_getval() returns the value associated with the field called name or NULL if no such field is found or the auth file cannot be opened.

SEE ALSO

properties_free(3), properties_read(3), property_find(3), auth.conf(5)

FILES

/etc/auth.conf contains the name=value pairs looked up by auth_getval().

BSD October 7, 1998 BSD