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HP-UX Reference > Ppam_authenticate(3)HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update |
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NAMEpam_authenticate() — perform authentication within the PAM framework SYNOPSIScc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpam [ library ... ] #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_authenticate(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags); DESCRIPTIONpam_authenticate() is called to authenticate the current user. The user is usually required to enter a password or similar authentication token depending upon the authentication service configured within the system. In the case of smart card authentication this token would be a PIN (Personal Identification Number). The user in question should have been specified by a prior call to pam_start() or pam_set_item(). The following flags may be set in the flags field:
NOTESIn the case of authentication failures due to an incorrect username or password, it is the responsibility of the application to retry pam_authenticate() and to maintain the retry count. An authentication service module may implement an internal retry count and return an error PAM_MAXTRIES if the module does not want the application to retry. If the PAM framework can not load the authentication module, then it will return PAM_ABORT. This indicates a serious failure and that the application should not attempt to retry the authentication. For security reasons, the location of authentication failures is hidden from the user. Thus, if several authentication services are stacked and a single service fails, pam_authenticate() requires that the user re-authenticate to all the services. A null authentication token in the authentication database will result in successful authentication unless PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK was specified. In such cases, there will not be any prompting for the user to enter an authentication token. The authentication can be done through a smart card. In this case the user plugs their smart card in the smart card reader and is required to enter their smart card PIN. RETURN VALUEUpon successful completion, PAM_SUCCESS is returned. In addition to the error return values described in pam(3), the following values may be returned:
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