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NAME
pam_acct_mgmt - perform PAM account validation procedures
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
values:
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_SUCCESS] Success.
[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.
The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@des.no>.
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