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PAM_END(3)              NetBSD Library Functions Manual             PAM_END(3)


NAME

     pam_end -- terminate the PAM transaction


SYNOPSIS

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

     int
     pam_end(pam_handle_t *pamh, int status);


DESCRIPTION

     The pam_end() function terminates a PAM transaction and destroys the cor-
     responding 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

     The pam_end() function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_SUCCESS]       Success.

     [PAM_BAD_HANDLE]    Invalid PAM handle.


SEE ALSO

     pam(3), pam_strerror(3)


STANDARDS

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


AUTHORS

     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.

     The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>.

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