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PAM_SM_AUTHENTICATE(3)

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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_sm_authenticate -- service module implementation for pam_authenticate

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     PAM Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     pam_sm_authenticate(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags, int argc,
         const char **argv);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_sm_authenticate function is the service module's implementation
     of the pam_authenticate(3) API function.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_sm_authenticate function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_ABORT]         General failure.

     [PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL]
                         Authentication information is unavailable.

     [PAM_AUTH_ERR]      Authentication error.

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]      Conversation failure.

     [PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT]
                         Insufficient credentials.

     [PAM_IGNORE]        Ignore this module.

     [PAM_MAXTRIES]      Maximum number of tries exceeded.

     [PAM_PERM_DENIED]   Permission denied.

     [PAM_SERVICE_ERR]   Error in service module.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

     [PAM_USER_UNKNOWN]  Unknown user.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     pam(3), pam_authenticate(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules,
     June 1997.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_sm_authenticate function and this manual page were developed for
     the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories,
     the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.  under
     DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA
     CHATS research program.


FreeBSD 5.2.1                    July 15, 2003                   FreeBSD 5.2.1
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