PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)

NAME

pam_close_session - terminate PAM session management

SYNOPSIS

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

int pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);

DESCRIPTION

The pam_close_session function is used to indicate that an authenticated session has ended. The session should have been created
with a call to pam_open_session(3).

It should be noted that the effective uid, geteuid(2). of the application should be of sufficient privilege to perform such tasks as unmounting the user's home directory for example.

The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
values:

PAM_SILENT
Do not emit any messages.

RETURN VALUES

PAM_ABORT
General failure.
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_SESSION_ERR
Session failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
Session was successful terminated.

SEE ALSO

pam_open_session(3), pam_strerror(3)
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