NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_end -- terminate the PAM transaction

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     PAM Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     pam_end(pam_handle_t *pamh, int status);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_end function terminates a PAM transaction and destroys the corresponding
 PAM context, releasing all resources allocated to it.

     The status argument should be set to the error code returned by the last
     API call before the call to pam_end

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_end function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_end 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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