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NAME

pam_sm_authenticate - service module implementation for pam_authenticate

CONTENTS

Library
Synopsis
Description
Return Values
See Also
Standards
Authors

LIBRARY


.Lb libpam

SYNOPSIS


.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h
.In security/pam_modules.h "int" pam_sm_authenticate "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" "int argc" "const char **argv"

DESCRIPTION

The pam_sm_authenticate function is the service module’s implementation of the pam_authenticate(3) API function.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_sm_authenticate function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_ABORT]
General failure.
[PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL]
Authentication information is unavailable.
[PAM_AUTH_ERR]
Authentication error.
[PAM_BUF_ERR]
Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR]
Conversation failure.
[PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT]
Insufficient credentials.
[PAM_IGNORE]
Ignore this module.
[PAM_MAXTRIES]
Maximum number of tries exceeded.
[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_authenticate(3), pam_strerror(3)

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