NAME
pam_open_session(), pam_close_session() — perform PAM session creation and termination operations
SYNOPSIS
cc
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-lpam
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#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
pam_open_session()
is called after a user has been successfully authenticated (refer to
pam_authenticate(3)
and
pam_acct_mgmt(3))
and is used to notify the session modules that a new session
has been initiated. All programs that use the
pam(3)
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(3)
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.
APPLICATION USAGE
Refer to
pam(3)
for information on thread-safety of PAM interfaces.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
PAM_SUCCESS
is returned. In addition to the
return values defined in
pam(3),
the following value may be returned on error:
- PAM_SESSION_ERR
Can not make/remove an entry for the specified session.
