PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)NAME
pam_close_session - terminate PAM session management
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_close_session function is used to indicate that an authenticated session has ended. The session should have been created with a
call to pam_open_session(3).
It should be noted that the effective uid, geteuid(2). of the application should be of sufficient privilege to perform such tasks as
unmounting the user's home directory for example.
The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:
PAM_SILENT
Do not emit any messages.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_ABORT
General failure.
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_SESSION_ERR
Session failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
Session was successful terminated.
SEE ALSO pam_open_session(3), pam_strerror(3)Linux-PAM Manual 06/04/2011 PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)
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PAM_OPEN_SESSION(3) App. Programmers' Manual PAM_OPEN_SESSION(3)NAME
pam_open/close_session - PAM session management
SYNOPSIS
#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 provides management-hooks for the initialization and termination of a session.
pam_open_session
Use this function to signal that an authenticated user session has begun. It should be called only after the user is properly iden-
tified and (where necessary) has been granted their credentials with pam_authenticate(3) and pam_setcred(3) respectively.
Some types of functions associated with session initialization are logging for the purposes of system-audit and mounting directories
(the user's home directory for example). These should not concern the application. It should be noted that the effective uid,
geteuid(2), of the application should be of sufficient privilege to perform such tasks.
pam_close_session
Use this function to signal that a user session has terminated. In general this function may not need to be located in the same
application as the initialization function, pam_open_session.
Typically, this function will undo the actions of pam_open_session. That is, log audit information concerning the end of the user
session or unmount the user's home directory. Apart from having sufficient privilege the details of the session termination should
not concern the calling application. It is good programming practice, however, to cease acting on behalf of the user on returning
from this call.
RETURN VALUE
A successful return from the session management functions will be indicated with PAM_SUCCESS.
The specific error indicating a failure to open or close a session is PAM_SESSION_ERR. In general other return values may be returned.
They should be treated as indicating failure.
ERRORS
May be translated to text with pam_strerror(3).
CONFORMING TO
OSF-RFC 86.0, October 1995.
BUGS
none known.
SEE ALSO pam_start(3), pam_authenticate(3), pam_setcred(3), pam_get_item(3), pam_strerror(3) and pam(3).
Also, see the three Linux-PAM Guides, for System administrators, module developers, and application developers.
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