NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_sm_open_session -- service module implementation for pam_open_session

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_sm_open_session function is the service module's implementation
     of the pam_open_session(3) API function.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_sm_open_session function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_ABORT]         General failure.

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]      Conversation failure.

     [PAM_IGNORE]        Ignore this module.

     [PAM_PERM_DENIED]   Permission denied.

     [PAM_SERVICE_ERR]   Error in service module.

     [PAM_SESSION_ERR]   Session failure.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam(3), pam_open_session(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_open_session 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.


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