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.TH LIBPAM 3LIB "Mar 24, 2004"
.SH NAME
libpam \- PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lpam\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <\fBsecurity/pam_appl.h\fR>
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Functions in this library provide routines for the Pluggable Authentication
Module (PAM).
.SH INTERFACES
.sp
.LP
The shared object \fBlibpam.so.1\fR provides the public interfaces defined
below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object
interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fBpam_acct_mgmt\fR	\fBpam_authenticate\fR
\fBpam_chauthtok\fR	\fBpam_close_session\fR
\fBpam_end\fR	\fBpam_get_data\fR
\fBpam_get_item\fR	\fBpam_get_user\fR
\fBpam_getenv\fR	\fBpam_getenvlist\fR
\fBpam_open_session\fR	\fBpam_putenv\fR
\fBpam_set_data\fR	\fBpam_set_item\fR
\fBpam_setcred\fR	\fBpam_start\fR
\fBpam_strerror\fR	
.TE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/lib/libpam.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/etc/pam.conf\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
configuration file
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
authentication management  \fBPAM\fR module for dialups
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
authentication management  \fBPAM\fR modules that use \fBruserok()\fR
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/security/pam_sample.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.sp .6
.RS 4n
sample \fBPAM\fR module
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for description of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
MT Level	MT-Safe with exceptions
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBpvs\fR(1),  \fBIntro\fR(3),  \fBpam\fR(3PAM),
.BR pam.conf (5),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR pam_authtok_check (7),
.BR pam_authtok_get (7),
.BR pam_authtok_store (7),
.BR pam_dhkeys (7),
.BR pam_dial_auth (7),
.BR pam_passwd_auth (7),
.BR pam_rhosts_auth (7),
.BR pam_sample (7),
.BR pam_unix_account (7),
.BR pam_unix_auth (7),
.BR pam_unix_session (7)
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The functions in \fBlibpam\fR are MT-Safe only if each thread within the
multithreaded application uses its own \fBPAM\fR handle.
.sp
.LP
The \fBpam_unix\fR(7) module is no longer supported. Similar functionality is
provided by \fBpam_authtok_check\fR(7), \fBpam_authtok_get\fR(7),
\fBpam_authtok_store\fR(7), \fBpam_dhkeys\fR(7), \fBpam_passwd_auth\fR(7),
\fBpam_unix_account\fR(7), \fBpam_unix_auth\fR(7), and
\fBpam_unix_session\fR(7).