1.\" Generated from pam_close_session.c by gendoc.pl 2.Dd June 27, 2023 3.Dt PAM_CLOSE_SESSION 3 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm pam_close_session 7.Nd close an existing user session 8.Sh SYNOPSIS 9.In sys/types.h 10.In security/pam_appl.h 11.Ft "int" 12.Fn pam_close_session "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The 15.Fn pam_close_session 16function tears down the user session previously 17set up by 18.Xr pam_open_session 3 . 19.Pp 20The 21.Fa flags 22argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following 23values: 24.Bl -tag -width 18n 25.It Dv PAM_SILENT 26Do not emit any messages. 27.El 28.Pp 29If any other bits are set, 30.Fn pam_close_session 31will return 32.Dv PAM_BAD_CONSTANT . 33.Sh RETURN VALUES 34The 35.Fn pam_close_session 36function returns one of the following values: 37.Bl -tag -width 18n 38.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 39Success. 40.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT 41General failure. 42.It Bq Er PAM_BAD_CONSTANT 43Bad constant. 44.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 45Memory buffer error. 46.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 47Conversation failure. 48.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED 49Permission denied. 50.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR 51Error in service module. 52.It Bq Er PAM_SESSION_ERR 53Session failure. 54.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 55System error. 56.El 57.Sh SEE ALSO 58.Xr pam 3 , 59.Xr pam_open_session 3 , 60.Xr pam_strerror 3 61.Sh STANDARDS 62.Rs 63.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 64.%D "June 1997" 65.Re 66.Sh AUTHORS 67The 68.Fn pam_close_session 69function and this manual page were 70developed for the 71.Fx 72Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 73Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 74DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 75.Pq Dq CBOSS , 76as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 77.Pp 78The OpenPAM library is maintained by 79.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 80