Linux manual pages Section 3  

Name

pam_sm_open_session — PAM service function to start session management

Synopsis

#define PAM_SM_SESSION

#include <security/pam_modules.h>
PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_open_session( pam_handle_t *pamh,
  int flags,
  int argc,
  const char **argv);
 

DESCRIPTION

The pam_sm_open_session function is the service module's implementation of the pam_open_session(3) interface.

This function is called to commence a session. The only valid value for flags is zero or:

PAM_SILENT

Do not emit any messages.

RETURN VALUES

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session.

PAM_SUCCESS

The session was successfully started.

SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_open_session(3), pam_sm_close_session(3), pam_strerror(3), PAM(8)

See Linux-PAM copyright notice for more information.