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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 corre-
     sponding 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.dev>.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  May 31, 2025			      PAM_END(3)

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