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39.Dd December 18, 2011
40.Dt PAM_SM_AUTHENTICATE 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm pam_sm_authenticate
44.Nd service module implementation for pam_authenticate
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libpam
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In sys/types.h
49.In security/pam_appl.h
50.In security/pam_modules.h
51.Ft "int"
52.Fn pam_sm_authenticate "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" "int argc" "const char **argv"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56function is the service module's
57implementation of the
58.Xr pam_authenticate 3
59API function.
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61The
62.Nm
63function returns one of the following values:
64.Bl -tag -width 18n
65.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
66General failure.
67.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
68Authentication information is unavailable.
69.It Bq Er PAM_AUTH_ERR
70Authentication error.
71.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
72Memory buffer error.
73.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
74Conversation failure.
75.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
76Insufficient credentials.
77.It Bq Er PAM_IGNORE
78Ignore this module.
79.It Bq Er PAM_MAXTRIES
80Maximum number of tries exceeded.
81.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
82Permission denied.
83.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
84Error in service module.
85.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
86System error.
87.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
88Unknown user.
89.El
90.Sh SEE ALSO
91.Xr pam 3 ,
92.Xr pam_authenticate 3 ,
93.Xr pam_strerror 3
94.Sh STANDARDS
95.Rs
96.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
97.%D "June 1997"
98.Re
99.Sh AUTHORS
100The
101.Nm
102function and this manual page were developed for the
103.Fx
104Project by
105ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
106Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
107DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
108.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
109as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
110