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pam_acct_mgmt(3)

NAME

     pam_acct_mgmt -- perform PAM account validation procedures

LIBRARY

     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>

     int
     pam_acct_mgmt(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);

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 val-
     ues:

     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 accound 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.

SEE ALSO

     pam(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS

     X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules,
     June 1997.

FreeBSD 5.4		       February 10, 2004		   FreeBSD 5.4

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