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pam_end(3)

NAME

     pam_end -- terminate the PAM transaction

LIBRARY

     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS

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

     int
     pam_end(pam_handle_t *pamh, int status);

DESCRIPTION

     The pam_end function terminates a PAM transaction and destroys the corre-
     sponding PAM context, releasing all resources allocated to it.

     The status argument should be set to the error code returned by the last
     API call before the call to pam_end

RETURN VALUES

     The pam_end function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]	 System error.

SEE ALSO

     pam(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS

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

AUTHORS

     The pam_end 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 con-
     tract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research
     program.

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