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38 .Dt PAM_OPEN_SESSION 3
42 .Nd open a user session
47 .In security/pam_appl.h
49 .Fn pam_open_session "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
53 sets up a user session for a previously
55 The session should later be torn down by a call to
56 .Xr pam_close_session 3 .
60 argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
64 Do not emit any messages.
67 If any other bits are set,
74 function returns one of the following values:
80 .It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
82 .It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
84 .It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
85 Error in service module.
86 .It Bq Er PAM_SESSION_ERR
88 .It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
90 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
95 .Xr pam_close_session 3 ,
99 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
105 function and this manual page were developed for the
107 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
108 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
109 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
111 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.