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36.Dd June 30, 2002
37.Dt PAM_SM_AUTHENTICATE 3
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm pam_sm_authenticate
41.Nd service module implementation for pam_authenticate
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libpam
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In security/pam_appl.h
46.In security/pam_modules.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn pam_sm_authenticate "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" "int argc" "const char **argv"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52function is the service module's
53implementation of the
54.Xr pam_authenticate 3
55API function.
56.Sh RETURN VALUES
57The
58.Nm
59function returns one of the following values:
60.Bl -tag -width 18n
61.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
62General failure.
63.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
64Authentication information is unavailable.
65.It Bq Er PAM_AUTH_ERR
66Authentication error.
67.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
68Memory buffer error.
69.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
70Conversation failure.
71.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
72Insufficient credentials.
73.It Bq Er PAM_IGNORE
74Ignore this module.
75.It Bq Er PAM_MAXTRIES
76Maximum number of tries exceeded.
77.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
78Permission denied.
79.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
80Error in service module.
81.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
82System error.
83.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
84Unknown user.
85.El
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr pam 3 ,
88.Xr pam_authenticate 3 ,
89.Xr pam_strerror 3
90.Sh STANDARDS
91.Rs
92.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
93.%D "June 1997"
94.Re
95.Sh AUTHORS
96The
97.Nm
98function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
99by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security
100Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR
101contract N66001-01-C-8035
102.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
103as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
104