netbsd man page for pam_close_session

Query: pam_close_session

OS: netbsd

Section: 3

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PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 				      PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)

NAME
pam_close_session -- close an existing user session
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_close_session function tears down the user session previously set up by pam_open_session(3). The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values: PAM_SILENT Do not emit any messages. If any other bits are set, pam_close_session will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_close_session function returns one of the following values: [PAM_ABORT] General failure. [PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error. [PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure. [PAM_PERM_DENIED] Permission denied. [PAM_SERVICE_ERR] Error in service module. [PAM_SESSION_ERR] Session failure. [PAM_SYMBOL_ERR] Invalid symbol. [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_open_session(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_close_session function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laborato- ries, 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.
BSD
December 18, 2011 BSD
Related Man Pages
pam_sm_close_session(3) - mojave
pam_sm_close_session(3) - freebsd
pam_sm_open_session(3) - osx
pam_close_session(3) - freebsd
pam_open_session(3) - freebsd
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