Manpages - pam_sm_open_session.3

pam_sm_open_session - PAM service function to start session management

  #include <security/pam_modules.h>

int pam_sm_open_session(pam_handle_t **/pamh/, int flags, int argc, const char **/argv/);*

The pam_sm_open_session function is the service modules 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.

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session.

PAM_SUCCESS

The session was successfully started.

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