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.Dd June 16, 2005
.Dt PAM_SM_AUTHENTICATE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_sm_authenticate
.Nd service module implementation for pam_authenticate
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libpam
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/types.h
.In security/pam_appl.h
.In security/pam_modules.h
.Ft "int"
.Fn pam_sm_authenticate "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" "int argc" "const char **argv"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
function is the service module's
implementation of the
.Xr pam_authenticate 3
API function.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Nm
function returns one of the following values:
.Bl -tag -width 18n
.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
General failure.
.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
Authentication information is unavailable.
.It Bq Er PAM_AUTH_ERR
Authentication error.
.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
Conversation failure.
.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
Insufficient credentials.
.It Bq Er PAM_IGNORE
Ignore this module.
.It Bq Er PAM_MAXTRIES
Maximum number of tries exceeded.
.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
Permission denied.
.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
Error in service module.
.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.
.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
Unknown user.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pam 3 ,
.Xr pam_authenticate 3 ,
.Xr pam_strerror 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Rs
.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
.%D "June 1997"
.Re
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
function and this manual page were developed for the
.Fx
Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.