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.Dd May 2, 2003 .Dt PAM_OPEN_SESSION 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_open_session .Nd open a user session .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpam .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft int .Fn pam_open_session "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm sets up a user session for a previously authenticated user. The session should later be torn down by a call to .Xr pam_close_session 3 .

p The .Va flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Dv PAM_SILENT Do not emit any messages. .El

p If any other bits are set, .Nm will return .Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR . .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Nm function returns one of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Bq Er PAM_ABORT General failure. t Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. t Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR Conversation failure. t Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED Permission denied. t Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR Error in service module. t Bq Er PAM_SESSION_ERR Session failure. t Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR Invalid symbol. t Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pam 3 , .Xr pam_close_session 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 FreeBSD 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.