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PAM_END(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual PAM_END(3)
NAME
pam_end - terminate the PAM transaction
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_end(pam_handle_t *pamh, int status);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_end() function terminates a PAM transaction and destroys the
corresponding PAM context, releasing all resources allocated to it.
The status argument should be set to the error code returned by the last
API call before the call to pam_end().
RETURN VALUES
The pam_end() function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_SUCCESS] Success.
[PAM_BAD_HANDLE] Invalid PAM handle.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_strerror(3)
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules,
June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_end() 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.
The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@des.no>.
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