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
Thepam_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.
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>.