pam_acct_mgmt(3) BSD Library Functions Manual pam_acct_mgmt(3)
NAME
pam_acct_mgmt -- perform PAM account validation procedures
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_acct_mgmt(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_acct_mgmt function verifies and enforces account restrictions
after the user has been authenticated.
The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following val-
ues:
PAM_SILENT Do not emit any messages.
PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
Fail if the user's authentication token is null.
If any other bits are set, pam_acct_mgmt will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_acct_mgmt function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_ABORT] General failure.
[PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED] User account has expired.
[PAM_AUTH_ERR] Authentication error.
[PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure.
[PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD]
New authentication token required.
[PAM_PERM_DENIED] Permission denied.
[PAM_SERVICE_ERR] Error in service module.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
[PAM_USER_UNKNOWN] Unknown user.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules,
June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_acct_mgmt 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.
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