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PAM_END(3)		    Library Functions Manual		    PAM_END(3)

NAME
       pam_end -- terminate the	PAM transaction

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

       int
       pam_end(pam_handle_t *pamh, int status);

DESCRIPTION
       The  pam_end()  function	 terminates a PAM transaction and destroys the
       corresponding PAM context, releasing all	resources allocated to it.

       The status argument should be set to the	error  code  returned  by  the
       last API	call before the	call to	pam_end().

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

       [PAM_SUCCESS]	   Success.

       [PAM_BAD_HANDLE]	   Invalid PAM handle.

SEE ALSO
       pam(3), pam_strerror(3)

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

AUTHORS
       The pam_end() 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_END(3)

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