pam_start(3) - NetBSD Manual Pages

Command: Section: Arch: Collection:  
PAM_START(3)            NetBSD Library Functions Manual           PAM_START(3)


NAME
pam_start -- initiate a PAM transaction
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_start(const char *service, const char *user, const struct pam_conv *pam_conv, pam_handle_t **pamh);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_start() function creates and initializes a PAM context. The service argument specifies the name of the policy to apply, and is stored in the PAM_SERVICE item in the created context. The user argument specifies the name of the target user - the user the created context will serve to authenticate. It is stored in the PAM_USER item in the created context. The pam_conv argument points to a struct pam_conv describing the conver- sation function to use; see pam_conv for details.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_start() function returns one of the following values: [PAM_SUCCESS] Success. [PAM_BAD_ITEM] Unrecognized or restricted item. [PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error. [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_end(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_set_item(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_start() 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. The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>. NetBSD 9.2 April 30, 2017 NetBSD 9.2
Powered by man-cgi (2024-03-18). Maintained for NetBSD by Kimmo Suominen. Based on man-cgi by Panagiotis Christias.