netbsd man page for pam_acct_mgmt

Query: pam_acct_mgmt

OS: netbsd

Section: 3

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PAM_ACCT_MGMT(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					  PAM_ACCT_MGMT(3)

NAME
pam_acct_mgmt -- perform PAM account validation procedures
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_acct_mgmt(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_acct_mgmt function verifies and enforces account restrictions after the user has been authenticated. The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values: PAM_SILENT Do not emit any messages. PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK Fail if the user's authentication token is null. If any other bits are set, pam_acct_mgmt will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_acct_mgmt function returns one of the following values: [PAM_ABORT] General failure. [PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED] User account has expired. [PAM_AUTH_ERR] Authentication error. [PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error. [PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure. [PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD] New authentication token required. [PAM_PERM_DENIED] Permission denied. [PAM_SERVICE_ERR] Error in service module. [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error. [PAM_USER_UNKNOWN] Unknown user.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_acct_mgmt 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_acct_mgmt(3) - netbsd
pam_acct_mgmt(3) - osx
pam_authenticate(3) - osx
pam_sm_acct_mgmt(3) - osx
pam_acct_mgmt(3) - freebsd
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