netbsd man page for pam_sm_chauthtok

Query: pam_sm_chauthtok

OS: netbsd

Section: 3

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PAM_SM_CHAUTHTOK(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 				       PAM_SM_CHAUTHTOK(3)

NAME
pam_sm_chauthtok -- service module implementation for pam_chauthtok
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> #include <security/pam_modules.h> int pam_sm_chauthtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags, int argc, const char **argv);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_sm_chauthtok function is the service module's implementation of the pam_chauthtok(3) API function. When the application calls pam_chauthtok(3), the service function is called twice, first with the PAM_PRELIM_CHECK flag set and then again with the PAM_UPDATE_AUTHTOK flag set.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_sm_chauthtok function returns one of the following values: [PAM_ABORT] General failure. [PAM_AUTHTOK_DISABLE_AGING] Authentication token aging disabled. [PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR] Authentication token failure. [PAM_AUTHTOK_LOCK_BUSY] Authentication token lock busy. [PAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR] Failed to recover old authentication token. [PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error. [PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure. [PAM_IGNORE] Ignore this module. [PAM_PERM_DENIED] Permission denied. [PAM_SERVICE_ERR] Error in service module. [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error. [PAM_TRY_AGAIN] Try again.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_chauthtok(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_sm_chauthtok 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.
BSD
December 18, 2011 BSD
Related Man Pages
pam_authenticate(3) - mojave
pam_sm_chauthtok(3) - netbsd
pam_sm_chauthtok(3) - freebsd
pam_chauthtok(3) - freebsd
pam_sm_chauthtok(3) - minix
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