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36.Dd May 2, 2002
37.Dt PAM_CHAUTHTOK 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_chauthtok
41.Nd perform password related functions within the PAM framework
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libpam
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In security/pam_appl.h
46.Ft int
47.Fn pam_chauthtok "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Nm
51function attempts to change the authentication token
52for the user associated with the pam context specified by the
53.Va pamh
54argument.
55.Pp
56The
57.Va flags
58argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
59values:
60.Bl -tag -width 18n
61.It Dv PAM_SILENT
62Do not emit any messages.
63.It Dv PAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK
64Change only those authentication tokens that have expired.
65.El
66If any other bits are set,
67.Nm
68will return
69.Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR .
70.Sh RETURN VALUES
71The
72.Nm
73function returns one of the following values:
74.Bl -tag -width 18n
75.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
76General failure.
77.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHTOK_DISABLE_AGING
78Authentication token aging disabled.
79.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR
80Authentication token failure.
81.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHTOK_LOCK_BUSY
82Authentication token lock busy.
83.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR
84Failed to recover old authentication token.
85.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
86Memory buffer error.
87.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
88Conversation failure.
89.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
90Permission denied.
91.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
92Error in service module.
93.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
94Invalid symbol.
95.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
96System error.
97.It Bq Er PAM_TRY_AGAIN
98Try again.
99.El
100.Sh SEE ALSO
101.Xr pam 3 ,
102.Xr pam_strerror 3
103.Sh STANDARDS
104.Rs
105.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
106.%D "June 1997"
107.Re
108.Sh AUTHORS
109The
110.Nm
111function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
112by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
113Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
114.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
115as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
116