Manpages - pam_misc_drop_env.3

pam_misc_drop_env - liberating a locally saved environment

  #include <security/pam_misc.h>

int pam_misc_drop_env(char ***/env/);*

This function is defined to complement the *pam_getenvlist*(3) function. It liberates the memory associated with env, overwriting with 0 all memory before *free()*ing it.

*pam_getenvlist*(3), *pam*(8)

The pam_misc_drop_env function is part of the libpam_misc Library and not defined in any standard.