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PAM_ACCT_MGMT(3)	    Library Functions Manual	      PAM_ACCT_MGMT(3)

NAME
       pam_acct_mgmt --	perform	PAM account validation procedures

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<sys/types.h>
       #include	<security/pam_appl.h>

       int
       pam_acct_mgmt(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);

DESCRIPTION
       The pam_acct_mgmt() function verifies and enforces account restrictions
       after the user has been authenticated.

       The  flags  argument  is	the binary or of zero or more of the following
       values:

       PAM_SILENT	   Do not emit any messages.

       PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
			   Fail	if the user's authentication token is null.

       If any other bits are set, pam_acct_mgmt() will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.

RETURN VALUES
       The pam_acct_mgmt() function returns one	of the following values:

       [PAM_SUCCESS]	   Success.

       [PAM_ABORT]	   General failure.

       [PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED]  User	account	has expired.

       [PAM_AUTH_ERR]	   Authentication error.

       [PAM_BUF_ERR]	   Memory buffer error.

       [PAM_CONV_ERR]	   Conversation	failure.

       [PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD]
			   New authentication token required.

       [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_strerror(3)

STANDARDS
       X/Open  Single  Sign-On	Service	 (XSSO)	 -  Pluggable	Authentication
       Modules,	June 1997.

AUTHORS
       The  pam_acct_mgmt()  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.

       The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav	<des@des.no>.

FreeBSD	14.3			 June 27, 2023		      PAM_ACCT_MGMT(3)

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