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-.Dd December 21, 2007
-.Dt PAM_AUTHENTICATE 3
-.Os
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm pam_authenticate
-.Nd perform authentication within the PAM framework
-.Sh LIBRARY
-.Lb libpam
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.In sys/types.h
-.In security/pam_appl.h
-.Ft "int"
-.Fn pam_authenticate "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags"
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
-.Nm
-function attempts to authenticate the user
-associated with the pam context specified by the
-.Fa pamh
-argument.
-.Pp
-The application is free to call
-.Nm
-as many times as it
-wishes, but some modules may maintain an internal retry counter and
-return
-.Dv PAM_MAXTRIES
-when it exceeds some preset or hardcoded limit.
-.Pp
-The
-.Fa flags
-argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
-values:
-.Bl -tag -width 18n
-.It Dv PAM_SILENT
-Do not emit any messages.
-.It Dv PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
-Fail if the user's authentication token is null.
-.El
-.Pp
-If any other bits are set,
-.Nm
-will return
-.Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR .
-.Sh RETURN VALUES
-The
-.Nm
-function returns one of the following values:
-.Bl -tag -width 18n
-.It Bq Er PAM_ABORT
-General failure.
-.It Bq Er PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
-Authentication information is unavailable.
-.It Bq Er PAM_AUTH_ERR
-Authentication error.
-.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
-Memory buffer error.
-.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
-Conversation failure.
-.It Bq Er PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
-Insufficient credentials.
-.It Bq Er PAM_MAXTRIES
-Maximum number of tries exceeded.
-.It Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED
-Permission denied.
-.It Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR
-Error in service module.
-.It Bq Er PAM_SYMBOL_ERR
-Invalid symbol.
-.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
-System error.
-.It Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
-Unknown user.
-.El
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr pam 3 ,
-.Xr pam_strerror 3
-.Sh STANDARDS
-.Rs
-.%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
-.%D "June 1997"
-.Re
-.Sh AUTHORS
-The
-.Nm
-function and this manual page were developed for the
-.Fx
-Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
-Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
-DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
-.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
-as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.