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PAM_OPEN_SESSION(3)	    Library Functions Manual	   PAM_OPEN_SESSION(3)

NAME
       pam_open_session	-- open	a user session

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

       int
       pam_open_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int	flags);

DESCRIPTION
       The  pam_open_session() sets up a user session for a previously authen-
       ticated 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_BAD_CONSTANT.

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

       [PAM_SUCCESS]	   Success.

       [PAM_ABORT]	   General failure.

       [PAM_BAD_CONSTANT]  Bad constant.

       [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_SYSTEM_ERR]	   System error.

SEE ALSO
       pam(3), pam_close_session(3), pam_strerror(3)

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

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.

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

FreeBSD	14.3			 June 27, 2023		   PAM_OPEN_SESSION(3)

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