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pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM) PAM Library Functions pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM) NAME
pam_acct_mgmt - perform PAM account validation procedures SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpam [ library ... ] #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_acct_mgmt(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags); DESCRIPTION
The pam_acct_mgmt() function is called to determine if the current user's account is valid. It checks for password and account expiration, and verifies access hour restrictions. This function is typically called after the user has been authenticated with pam_authenticate(3PAM). The pamh argument is an authentication handle obtained by a prior call to pam_start(). The following flags may be set in the flags field: PAM_SILENT The account management service should not generate any messages. PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK The account management service should return PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD if the user has a null authentication token. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, PAM_SUCCESS is returned. In addition to the error return values described in pam(3PAM), the following values may be returned: PAM_USER_UNKNOWN User not known to underlying account management module. PAM_AUTH_ERR Authentication failure. PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD New authentication token required. This is normally returned if the machine security policies require that the password should be changed because the password is NULL or has aged. PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED User account has expired. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability | Stable | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe with exceptions | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
pam(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), pam_start(3PAM), libpam(3LIB), attributes(5) NOTES
The interfaces in libpam are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multithreaded application uses its own PAM handle. SunOS 5.11 13 Oct 1998 pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM)
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pam_open_session(3PAM) PAM Library Functions pam_open_session(3PAM) NAME
pam_open_session, pam_close_session - perform PAM session creation and termination operations SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpam [ library ... ] #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
The pam_open_session() function is called after a user has been successfully authenticated. See pam_authenticate(3PAM) and pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM). It is used to notify the session modules that a new session has been initiated. All programs that use the pam(3PAM) library should invoke pam_open_session() when beginning a new session. Upon termination of this activity, pam_close_session() should be invoked to inform pam(3PAM) that the session has terminated. The pamh argument is an authentication handle obtained by a prior call to pam_start(). The following flag may be set in the flags field for pam_open_session() and pam_close_session(): PAM_SILENT The session service should not generate any messages. RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, PAM_SUCCESS is returned. In addition to the return values defined in pam(3PAM), the following value may be returned on error: PAM_SESSION_ERR Cannot make or remove an entry for the specified session. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability | Stable | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe with exceptions | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
getutxent(3C), pam(3PAM), pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), pam_start(3PAM), attributes(5) NOTES
In many instances, the pam_open_session() and pam_close_session() calls may be made by different processes. For example, in UNIX the login process opens a session, while the init process closes the session. In this case, UTMP/WTMP entries may be used to link the call to pam_close_session() with an earlier call to pam_open_session(). This is possible because UTMP/WTMP entries are uniquely identified by a combination of attributes, including the user login name and device name, which are accessible through the PAM handle, pamh. The call to pam_open_session() should precede UTMP/WTMP entry management, and the call to pam_close_session() should follow UTMP/WTMP exit manage- ment. The interfaces in libpam are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multithreaded application uses its own PAM handle. SunOS 5.11 13 Oct 1998 pam_open_session(3PAM)