PAM_SM_OPEN_SESSION

Section: Linux-PAM Manual (3)
Updated: 03/02/2009
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pam_sm_open_session - PAM service function to start session management  

Synopsis

#define PAM_SM_SESSION

#include <security/pam_modules.h>
PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_open_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags, int argc, const char **argv);
 

DESCRIPTION

The pam_sm_open_session function is the service module's implementation of the pam_open_session(3) interface.

This function is called to commence a session. The only valid value for flags is zero or:

PAM_SILENT

Do not emit any messages.
 

RETURN VALUES

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session.

PAM_SUCCESS

The session was successfully started.
 

SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_open_session(3), pam_sm_close_session(3), pam_strerror(3), PAM(8)