PAM_SM_OPEN_SESSION(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)