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PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3) Library Functions Manual PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3) NAME pam_close_session -- close an existing user session SYNOPSIS #include <sys/types.h> #include <security/pam_appl.h> int pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags); DESCRIPTION The pam_close_session() function tears down the user session previously set up by pam_open_session(3). The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following val- ues: PAM_SILENT Do not emit any messages. If any other bits are set, pam_close_session() will return PAM_BAD_CONSTANT. RETURN VALUES The pam_close_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_open_session(3), pam_strerror(3) STANDARDS X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997. AUTHORS The pam_close_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.dev>. FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly May 31, 2025 PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)
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