pam_open_session
Name
pam_open_session -- used to indicate that an authenticated session has been initiated
Synopsis
#include <security/pam_appl.h> |
extern int
pam_open_session(pam_handle_t
*pamh, int
flags);
Description
pam_handle_t is used to indicate that an
authenticated session has begun. It is used to inform the module that
the user is currently in a session. It should be possible for the PAM
library to open a session and close the same session from different
applications.
flags may have the value
PAM_SILENT to indicate that no output be
generated as a rsult of this function call.
Return Value
- PAM_SUCCESS
Success.
- PAM_SESSION_ERR
One of the loaded modules was unable to open a session for the user.
ERRORS
May be translated to text with pam_strerror.