libpam(3LIB)                                                    Interface Libraries                                                   libpam(3LIB)

NAME

       libpam - PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) library

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -lpam [ library... ]
       #include <security/pam_appl.h>

DESCRIPTION

       Functions in this library provide routines for the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM).

INTERFACES

       The shared object libpam.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See intro(3) for additional information on shared object inter-
       faces.

       pam_acct_mgmt                 pam_authenticate
       pam_chauthtok                 pam_close_session
       pam_end                       pam_get_data
       pam_get_item                  pam_get_user
       pam_getenv                    pam_getenvlist
       pam_open_session              pam_putenv
       pam_set_data                  pam_set_item
       pam_setcred                   pam_start
       pam_strerror

FILES

       /lib/libpam.so.1

           shared object

       /etc/pam.conf

           configuration file

       /usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1

           authentication management  PAM module for dialups

       /usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1

           authentication management  PAM modules that use ruserok()

       /usr/lib/security/pam_sample.so.1

           sample PAM module

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsl                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT Level                     |MT-Safe with exceptions      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       pvs(1),    intro(3),    pam(3PAM),   pam.conf(4),   attributes(5),    pam_authtok_check(5),    pam_authtok_get(5),    pam_authtok_store(5),
       pam_dial_auth(5),    pam_dhkeys(5),   pam_passwd_auth(5),   pam_rhosts_auth(5),   pam_sample(5),   pam_unix_account(5),   pam_unix_auth(5),
       pam_unix_session(5)

NOTES

       The functions in libpam are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multithreaded application uses its own PAM handle.

       The pam_unix(5) module is no longer supported. Similar functionality is provided  by  pam_authtok_check(5),  pam_authtok_get(5),  pam_auth-
       tok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).

SunOS 5.10                                                          24 Mar 2004                                                       libpam(3LIB)