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.TH pam_chauthtok 3PAM "1 Mar 2005" "SunOS 5.11" "PAM Library Functions"
.SH NAME
pam_chauthtok \- perform password related functions within the PAM framework
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR ... ] \fIfile\fR ... \fB-lpam\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <security/pam_appl.h>

\fBint\fR \fBpam_chauthtok\fR(\fBpam_handle_t *\fR\fIpamh\fR, \fBconst int\fR \fIflags\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBpam_chauthtok()\fR function is called to change the authentication token
associated with a particular user referenced by the authentication handle
\fIpamh\fR.
.sp
.LP
The following flag may be passed in to \fBpam_chauthtok()\fR:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_SILENT\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 30n
.rt  
The password service should not generate any messages.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 30n
.rt  
The password service should only update those passwords that have aged. If this
flag is not passed, all password services should update their passwords.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_NO_AUTHTOK_CHECK\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 30n
.rt  
The password service should not perform conformance checks on the password
entered.
.RE

.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion of the call, the authentication token of the user
will be changed in accordance with the password service configured in the
system through \fBpam.conf\fR(4).
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, \fBPAM_SUCCESS\fR is returned. In addition to the
error return values described in \fBpam\fR(3PAM), the following values may be
returned:
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_PERM_DENIED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
.rt  
No permission.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_AUTHTOK_ERR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
.rt  
Authentication token manipulation error.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
.rt  
Authentication information cannot be recovered.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_AUTHTOK_LOCK_BUSY\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
.rt  
Authentication token lock busy.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_AUTHTOK_DISABLE_AGING\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
.rt  
Authentication token aging disabled.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_USER_UNKNOWN\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
.rt  
User unknown to password service.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBPAM_TRY_AGAIN\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 29n
.rt  
Preliminary check by password service failed.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for description of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability Stable
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe with exceptions
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBlogin\fR(1), \fBpasswd\fR(1), \fBpam\fR(3PAM), \fBpam_authenticate\fR(3PAM),
\fBpam_start\fR(3PAM), \fBattributes\fR
.SH NOTES
.sp
.LP
The flag \fBPAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK\fR is typically used by a \fBlogin\fR
application which has determined that the user's password has aged or expired.
Before allowing the user to login, the \fBlogin\fR application may invoke
\fBpam_chauthtok()\fR with this flag to allow the user to update the password.
Typically, applications such as \fBpasswd\fR(1) should not use this flag.
.sp
.LP
The \fBpam_chauthtok()\fR functions performs a preliminary check before
attempting to update passwords. This check is performed for each password
module in the stack as listed in \fBpam.conf\fR(4). The check may include
pinging remote name services to determine if they are available. If
\fBpam_chauthtok()\fR returns \fBPAM_TRY_AGAIN\fR, then the check has failed,
and passwords are not updated.
.sp
.LP
The flag \fBPAM_NO_AUTHTOK_CHECK\fR is typically used by programs that allow an
administrator to bypass various password conformance checks when setting a
password for a user.
.sp
.LP
The interfaces in \fBlibpam\fR are MT-Safe only if each thread within the
multithreaded application uses its own \fBPAM\fR handle.