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PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)  DragonFly Library Functions Manual  PAM_CLOSE_SESSION(3)


NAME

     pam_close_session - close an existing user session


SYNOPSIS

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

     int
     pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);


DESCRIPTION

     The pam_close_session() function tears down the user session previously
     set up by pam_open_session(3).

     The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following
     values:

     PAM_SILENT          Do not emit any messages.

     If any other bits are set, pam_close_session() will return
     PAM_BAD_CONSTANT.


RETURN VALUES

     The pam_close_session() function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_SUCCESS]       Success.

     [PAM_ABORT]         General failure.

     [PAM_BAD_CONSTANT]  Bad constant.

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]      Conversation failure.

     [PAM_PERM_DENIED]   Permission denied.

     [PAM_SERVICE_ERR]   Error in service module.

     [PAM_SESSION_ERR]   Session failure.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.


SEE ALSO

     pam(3), pam_open_session(3), pam_strerror(3)


STANDARDS

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


AUTHORS

     The pam_close_session() function and this manual page were developed for
     the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories,
     the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
     DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA
     CHATS research program.

     The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@des.no>.

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