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39.Dd December 18, 2011
40.Dt PAM_AUTHENTICATE 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm pam_authenticate
44.Nd perform authentication within the PAM framework
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libpam
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In sys/types.h
49.In security/pam_appl.h
50.Ft "int"
51.Fn pam_authenticate "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55function attempts to authenticate the user
56associated with the pam context specified by the
57.Fa pamh
58argument.
59.Pp
60The application is free to call
61.Nm
62as many times as it
63wishes, but some modules may maintain an internal retry counter and
64return
65.Dv PAM_MAXTRIES
66when it exceeds some preset or hardcoded limit.
67.Pp
68The
69.Fa flags
70argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
71values:
72.Bl -tag -width 18n
73.It Dv PAM_SILENT
74Do not emit any messages.
75.It Dv PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
76Fail if the user's authentication token is null.
77.El
78.Pp
79If any other bits are set,
80.Nm
81will return
82.Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR .
83.Sh RETURN VALUES
84The
85.Nm
86function returns one of the following values:
87.Bl -tag -width 18n
88.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
89General failure.
90.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
91Authentication information is unavailable.
92.It Bq Er PAM_AUTH_ERR
93Authentication error.
94.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
95Memory buffer error.
96.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
97Conversation failure.
98.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
99Insufficient credentials.
100.It Bq Er PAM_MAXTRIES
101Maximum number of tries exceeded.
102.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
103Permission denied.
104.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
105Error in service module.
106.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
107Invalid symbol.
108.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
109System error.
110.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
111Unknown user.
112.El
113.Sh SEE ALSO
114.Xr pam 3 ,
115.Xr pam_strerror 3
116.Sh STANDARDS
117.Rs
118.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
119.%D "June 1997"
120.Re
121.Sh AUTHORS
122The
123.Nm
124function and this manual page were developed for the
125.Fx
126Project by
127ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
128Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
129DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
130.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
131as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
132