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.Dd December 21, 2007 .Dt PAM_START 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_start .Nd initiate a PAM transaction .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpam .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "int" .Fn pam_start "const char *service" "const char *user" "const struct pam_conv *pam_conv" "pam_handle_t **pamh" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm function creates and initializes a PAM context.
p The .Fa service argument specifies the name of the policy to apply, and is stored in the .Dv PAM_SERVICE item in the created context.
p The .Fa user argument specifies the name of the target user - the user the created context will serve to authenticate. It is stored in the .Dv PAM_USER item in the created context.
p The .Fa pam_conv argument points to a .Vt struct pam_conv describing the conversation function to use; see .Fa pam_conv for details.
p .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Nm function returns one of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. t Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pam 3 , .Xr pam_end 3 , .Xr pam_get_item 3 , .Xr pam_set_item 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
q Dq CBOSS , as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.