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.