PAM_START(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_START(3) |
pam_start
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#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);
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 conversation function to use; see pam_conv for details.
pam_start
() function returns one of the following
values:
PAM_SUCCESS
]PAM_BAD_ITEM
]PAM_BUF_ERR
]PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
]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>.
April 30, 2017 | NetBSD 9.0 |