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pam_authenticate
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#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_authenticate
(pam_handle_t
*pamh, int
flags);
pam_authenticate
() function attempts to authenticate
the user associated with the pam context specified by the
pamh argument.
The application is free to call
pam_authenticate
() as many times as it wishes, but
some modules may maintain an internal retry counter and return
PAM_MAXTRIES
when it exceeds some preset or
hardcoded limit.
The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:
PAM_SILENT
PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
If any other bits are set,
pam_authenticate
() will return
PAM_BAD_CONSTANT
.
pam_authenticate
() function returns one of the
following values:
PAM_SUCCESS
]PAM_ABORT
]PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
]PAM_AUTH_ERR
]PAM_BAD_CONSTANT
]PAM_BUF_ERR
]PAM_CONV_ERR
]PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
]PAM_MAXTRIES
]PAM_PERM_DENIED
]PAM_SERVICE_ERR
]PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
]PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
]pam_authenticate
() 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 |