Manpages - pam_open_session.3

pam_open_session - start PAM session management

  #include <security/pam_appl.h>

int pam_open_session(pam_handle_t **/pamh/, int flags);*

The pam_open_session function sets up a user session for a previously successful authenticated user. The session should later be terminated with a call to *pam_close_session*(3).

It should be noted that the effective uid, *geteuid*(2). of the application should be of sufficient privilege to perform such tasks as creating or mounting the users home directory for example.

The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:

PAM_SILENT

Do not emit any messages.

PAM_ABORT

General failure.

PAM_BUF_ERR

Memory buffer error.

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Session failure.

PAM_SUCCESS

Session was successful created.

*pam_close_session*(3), *pam_strerror*(3)