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LIBPAM 3LIB "Mar 24, 2004"
NAME
libpam - PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) library
SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag... ] file... -lpam [ library... ]
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
DESCRIPTION

Functions in this library provide routines for the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM).

INTERFACES

The shared object libpam.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined below. See Intro(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.

pam_acct_mgmt pam_authenticate
pam_chauthtok pam_close_session
pam_end pam_get_data
pam_get_item pam_get_user
pam_getenv pam_getenvlist
pam_open_session pam_putenv
pam_set_data pam_set_item
pam_setcred pam_start
pam_strerror
FILES
/lib/libpam.so.1

shared object

/etc/pam.conf

configuration file

/usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1

authentication management PAM module for dialups

/usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1

authentication management PAM modules that use ruserok()

/usr/lib/security/pam_sample.so.1

sample PAM module

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT Level MT-Safe with exceptions
SEE ALSO

pvs(1), Intro(3), pam(3PAM), pam.conf(4), attributes(5), pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dial_auth(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_rhosts_auth(5), pam_sample(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), pam_unix_session(5)

NOTES

The functions in libpam are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multithreaded application uses its own PAM handle.

The pam_unix(5) module is no longer supported. Similar functionality is provided by pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).