PAM_ACCT_MGMT(3) |
Library Functions Manual |
PAM_ACCT_MGMT(3) |
NAME
pam_acct_mgmt — perform PAM account validation procedures
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_acct_mgmt function verifies and enforces account restrictions after the user has been authenticated.
The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:
-
PAM_SILENT
-
Do not emit any messages.
-
PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
-
Fail if the user's authentication token is null.
If any other bits are set, pam_acct_mgmt will return PAM_SYMBOL_ERR.
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_acct_mgmt function returns one of the following values:
-
[PAM_ABORT]
-
General failure.
-
[PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED]
-
User account has expired.
-
[PAM_AUTH_ERR]
-
Authentication error.
-
[PAM_BUF_ERR]
-
Memory buffer error.
-
[PAM_CONV_ERR]
-
Conversation failure.
-
[PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD]
-
New authentication token required.
-
[PAM_PERM_DENIED]
-
Permission denied.
-
[PAM_SERVICE_ERR]
-
Error in service module.
-
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
-
System error.
-
[PAM_USER_UNKNOWN]
-
Unknown user.
STANDARDS
X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules, June 1997.
AUTHORS
The pam_acct_mgmt 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 (“CBOSS”), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.