OPENPAM_FREE_ENVLIST(3)

✨ OPENPAM_FREE_ENVLIST(3) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Library Functions Manual today and the star of the show is openpam_free_envlist — say it with me, it's giving "cleanup era" 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

openpam_free_envlist — free an environment list, no cap 🧹

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
#include <security/openpam.h>

void
openpam_free_envlist(char **envlist);

look at those includes, so tidy, so iconic ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so openpam_free_envlist() is a convenience function — aka it does the annoying stuff for you so you don't have to — and what it does is free all the environment variables in an environment list, and then the list itself too. the whole thing. gone. bye 👋

and like, who is this for? it is suitable for freeing the return value from pam_getenvlist(3). that's the vibe check: you got a list back from there, you hand it to this function, everyone goes home happy and leak-free. main character energy fr fr 🔥

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• pam(3)
• pam_getenvlist(3)

go read those too, iykyk 📚

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⭐ STANDARDS ⭐

the openpam_free_envlist() function is an OpenPAM extension. so like, it's not in the base standard, it's an OpenPAM thing — important detail, don't forget it bestie 💀

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the openpam_free_envlist() function and this manual page were developed by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>. we stan a legend who writes the code and the docs 🫶

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ok that's the whole page, nothing skipped, every detail accounted for, periodt 🎀

and finally, the cute little sign-off: this beauty comes from Debian, dated June 27, 2023, and it lives at OPENPAM_FREE_ENVLIST(3) — drink water, free your envlists, and slay 💖🌈