PAM_SM_OPEN_SESSION(3)
NAME
pam_sm_open_session - PAM service function to start session management
SYNOPSIS
#define PAM_SM_SESSION #include <security/pam_modules.h> PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_open_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags, int argc, const char **argv);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_sm_open_session function is the service module's implementation
of the pam_open_session(3) interface.
This function is called to commence a session. The only valid value for
flags is zero or:
- PAM_SILENT
- Do not emit any messages.
RETURN VALUES
- PAM_SESSION_ERR
- Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session.
- PAM_SUCCESS
- The session was successfully started.