1.\" Generated from pam_sm_authenticate.c by gendoc.pl 2.Dd June 27, 2023 3.Dt PAM_SM_AUTHENTICATE 3 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm pam_sm_authenticate 7.Nd service module implementation for pam_authenticate 8.Sh SYNOPSIS 9.In sys/types.h 10.In security/pam_appl.h 11.In security/pam_modules.h 12.Ft "int" 13.Fn pam_sm_authenticate "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" "int argc" "const char **argv" 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The 16.Fn pam_sm_authenticate 17function is the service module's 18implementation of the 19.Xr pam_authenticate 3 20API function. 21.Sh RETURN VALUES 22The 23.Fn pam_sm_authenticate 24function returns one of the following values: 25.Bl -tag -width 18n 26.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 27Success. 28.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT 29General failure. 30.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL 31Authentication information is unavailable. 32.It Bq Er PAM_AUTH_ERR 33Authentication error. 34.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 35Memory buffer error. 36.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 37Conversation failure. 38.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT 39Insufficient credentials. 40.It Bq Er PAM_IGNORE 41Ignore this module. 42.It Bq Er PAM_MAXTRIES 43Maximum number of tries exceeded. 44.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED 45Permission denied. 46.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR 47Error in service module. 48.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 49System error. 50.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN 51Unknown user. 52.El 53.Sh SEE ALSO 54.Xr pam 3 , 55.Xr pam_authenticate 3 , 56.Xr pam_strerror 3 57.Sh STANDARDS 58.Rs 59.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" 60.%D "June 1997" 61.Re 62.Sh AUTHORS 63The 64.Fn pam_sm_authenticate 65function and this manual page were 66developed for the 67.Fx 68Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 69Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 70DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 71.Pq Dq CBOSS , 72as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 73.Pp 74The OpenPAM library is maintained by 75.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 76