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PAM_OPEN_SESSION (3) | C library functions | Unix Manual Pages | :man▋
NAME
pam_open_session - open a user session
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Synopsis
Description
Return Values
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LIBRARY
.Lb libpam
SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h "int" pam_open_session "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
DESCRIPTION
The pam_open_session sets up a user session for a previously authenticated user. The session should later be torn down by a call to pam_close_session(3). The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values: | PAM_SILENT | | | Do not emit any messages. | |
If any other bits are set, pam_open_session will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_open_session function returns one of the following values: | [PAM_ABORT] | | | General failure. | | [PAM_BUF_ERR] | | | Memory buffer error. | | [PAM_CONV_ERR] | | | Conversation failure. | | [PAM_PERM_DENIED] | | | Permission denied. | | [PAM_SERVICE_ERR] | | | Error in service module. | | [PAM_SESSION_ERR] | | | Session failure. | | [PAM_SYMBOL_ERR] | | | Invalid symbol. | | [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] | | | System error. | |
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_close_session(3), pam_strerror(3)
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