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3.5 KiB
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112 lines
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.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Networks Associates Technology, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This software was developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and
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.\" NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.
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.\" under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the
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.\" DARPA CHATS research program.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
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.\" products derived from this software without specific prior written
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.\" permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" $P4: //depot/projects/openpam/doc/man/pam_start.3#9 $
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.\"
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.Dd March 7, 2002
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.Dt PAM_START 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pam_start
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.Nd initiate a PAM transaction
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libpam
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In security/pam_appl.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn pam_start "const char *service" "const char *user" "const struct pam_conv *pam_conv" "pam_handle_t **pamh"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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function creates and initializes a PAM context.
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.Pp
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The
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.Va service
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argument specifies the name of the policy to apply, and is
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stored in the
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.Dv PAM_SERVICE
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item in the created context.
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.Pp
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The
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.Va user
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argument specifies the name of the target user - the user the
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created context will serve to authenticate.
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It is stored in the
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.Dv PAM_USER
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item in the created context.
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.Pp
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The
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.Va pam_conv
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argument points to a
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.Vt struct pam_conv
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describing the
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conversation function to use.
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This structure is defined as follows:
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.Pp
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.Bd -literal
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struct pam_conv {
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int (*conv)(int, const struct pam_message **,
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struct pam_response **, void *);
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void *appdata_ptr;
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};
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The
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.Nm
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function returns one of the following values:
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.Bl -tag -width 18n
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.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
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Memory buffer error.
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.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
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System error.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pam 3 ,
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.Xr pam_end 3 ,
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.Xr pam_get_item 3 ,
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.Xr pam_set_item 3 ,
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.Xr pam_strerror 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Rs
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.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
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.%D "June 1997"
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.Re
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project
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by ThinkSec AS and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of Network
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Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
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.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
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as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
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