Thanks Tomas. I was refering to this document which refers ro SOLARIS APIs . Just wanted to clarify on linux. Thanks so much. http://cc.in2p3.fr/doc/phpman.php?parameter=pam_getenv&mode=man On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Tomas Mraz <tmraz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 11:55 +0530, Sudarshan Soma wrote: >> Hi All, Iam using pam_getenv in my PAM application. Can anyone please >> let me know should i free the memory pointed to const char in my >> application or its take care by libpam. >> >> I am bit confused. As per Documentation, it says the application >> should free it. Is that true. Please advice. >> >> buf = pam_getenv(pamh,"PRIMARY"); >> if(buf != NULL && buf[0] != '\0' ) { >> if (strcmp(buf, "TRUE") == 0) { >> printf("success\n "); >> } >> } >> >> if (buf) { >> //free(buf); // is this reqd??? >> } > > No, it must not be be freed, the pointer is pointing to memory managed > by the pam library itself and freed on pam_end() call. > -- > Tomas Mraz > No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. > Turkish proverb > > _______________________________________________ > Pam-list mailing list > Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list > _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
