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42 .Nd initiate a PAM transaction
47 .In security/pam_appl.h
49 .Fn pam_start "const char *service" "const char *user" "const struct pam_conv *pam_conv" "pam_handle_t **pamh"
53 function creates and initializes a PAM context.
57 argument specifies the name of the policy to apply, and is
60 item in the created context.
64 argument specifies the name of the target user - the user the
65 created context will serve to authenticate.
68 item in the created context.
75 conversation function to use; see
82 function returns one of the following values:
86 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
97 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
103 function and this manual page were developed for the
105 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
106 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
107 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
109 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.