NAME
pam_sm_authenticate
- service module implementation for pam_authenticate
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
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)
STANDARDS
AUTHORS
The
pam_sm_authenticate
function and this manual page were developed for the
FreeBSD
Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
(``CBOSS''),
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.