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pam_open_session(3)

HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007
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NAME

pam_open_session, pam_close_session — perform PAM session creation and termination operations

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpam [ library ... ]

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

int pam_open_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);

int pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);

DESCRIPTION

pam_open_session() is called after a user has been successfully authenticated (refer to pam_authenticate(3) and pam_acct_mgmt(3)) and is used to notify the session modules that a new session has been initiated. All programs that use the pam(3) library should invoke pam_open_session() when beginning a new session. Upon termination of this activity, pam_close_session() should be invoked to inform pam(3) that the session has terminated.

The pamh argument is an authentication handle obtained by a prior call to pam_start(). The following flag may be set in the flags field for pam_open_session() and pam_close_session():

PAM_SILENT

The session service should not generate any messages.

APPLICATION USAGE

Refer to pam(3) for information on thread-safety of PAM interfaces.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, PAM_SUCCESS is returned. In addition to the return values defined in pam(3), the following value may be returned on error:

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Can not make/remove an entry for the specified session.

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