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pam_open_session - start PAM session management
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Description
The pam_open_session function sets up a user session for a previously successful authenticated user. The
session should later be terminated with a call to pam_close_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 creating or mounting 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.
Name
pam_open_session - start PAM session management
Return Values
PAM_ABORT
General failure.
PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_SESSION_ERR
Session failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
Session was successful created.
See Also
pam_close_session(3), pam_strerror(3)
Linux-PAM 07/03/2025 PAM_OPEN_SESSION(3)
Synopsis
#include<security/pam_appl.h>intpam_open_session(pam_handle_t*pamh,intflags);
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