NAME

pam_open_session - open a user session

LIBRARY

SYNOPSIS



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)

STANDARDS

AUTHORS

The pam_open_session 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.