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8 .Nd initiate a PAM transaction
13 .In security/pam_appl.h
15 .Fn pam_start "const char *service" "const char *user" "const struct pam_conv *pam_conv" "pam_handle_t **pamh"
19 function creates and initializes a PAM context.
23 argument specifies the name of the policy to apply, and is
26 item in the created context.
30 argument specifies the name of the target user - the user the
31 created context will serve to authenticate.
34 item in the created context.
41 conversation function to use; see
48 function returns one of the following values:
52 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
63 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
69 function and this manual page were
72 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
73 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
74 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
76 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
78 The OpenPAM library is maintained by
79 .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no .