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41 .Nd initiate a PAM transaction
46 .In security/pam_appl.h
48 .Fn pam_start "const char *service" "const char *user" "const struct pam_conv *pam_conv" "pam_handle_t **pamh"
52 function creates and initializes a PAM context.
56 argument specifies the name of the policy to apply, and is
59 item in the created context.
63 argument specifies the name of the target user - the user the
64 created context will serve to authenticate.
67 item in the created context.
74 conversation function to use; see
81 function returns one of the following values:
85 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
96 .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
102 function and this manual page were developed for the
104 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
105 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
106 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
108 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.