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| 2.\" $P4: //depot/projects/openpam/doc/man/pam.man#2 $ | 2.\" $P4: //depot/projects/openpam/doc/man/pam.man#4 $ |
| 3.\" 4.Sh DESCRIPTION 5The Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) library abstracts a number 6of common authentication-related operations and provides a framework 7for dynamically loaded modules that implement these operations in 8various ways. 9.Ss Terminology 10In PAM parlance, the application that uses PAM to authenticate a user --- 61 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 72.Fn pam_acct_mgmt 73function enforces policies such as password expiry, account expiry, 74time-of-day restrictions, and so forth. 75.Ss Session Management 76The 77.Fn pam_open_session 78and 79.Fn pam_close_session | 3.\" 4.Sh DESCRIPTION 5The Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) library abstracts a number 6of common authentication-related operations and provides a framework 7for dynamically loaded modules that implement these operations in 8various ways. 9.Ss Terminology 10In PAM parlance, the application that uses PAM to authenticate a user --- 61 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 72.Fn pam_acct_mgmt 73function enforces policies such as password expiry, account expiry, 74time-of-day restrictions, and so forth. 75.Ss Session Management 76The 77.Fn pam_open_session 78and 79.Fn pam_close_session |
| 80handle session setup and teardown. | 80functions handle session setup and teardown. |
| 81.Ss Password Management 82The 83.Fn pam_chauthtok 84function allows the server to change the user's password, either at 85the user's request or because the password has expired. 86.Ss Miscellaneous 87The 88.Fn pam_putenv , 89.Fn pam_getenv 90and 91.Fn pam_getenvlist | 81.Ss Password Management 82The 83.Fn pam_chauthtok 84function allows the server to change the user's password, either at 85the user's request or because the password has expired. 86.Ss Miscellaneous 87The 88.Fn pam_putenv , 89.Fn pam_getenv 90and 91.Fn pam_getenvlist |
| 92manage a private environment list in which modules can set environment 93variables they want the server to export during the session. | 92functions manage a private environment list in which modules can set 93environment variables they want the server to export during the 94session. |
| 94.Pp 95The 96.Fn pam_strerror 97function returns a pointer to a string describing the specified PAM 98error code. | 95.Pp 96The 97.Fn pam_strerror 98function returns a pointer to a string describing the specified PAM 99error code. |