| PAM_START(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_START(3) | 
pam_start —
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
  
  pam_start(const
    char *service, const char
    *user, const struct
    pam_conv *pam_conv,
    pam_handle_t **pamh);
pam_start() function creates and initializes a PAM
  context.
The service argument specifies the name of
    the policy to apply, and is stored in the
    PAM_SERVICE item in the created context.
The user argument specifies the name of the
    target user - the user the created context will serve to authenticate. It is
    stored in the PAM_USER item in the created
  context.
The pam_conv argument points to a struct pam_conv describing the conversation function to use; see pam_conv for details.
pam_start() function returns one of the following
  values:
PAM_SUCCESS]PAM_BAD_ITEM]PAM_BUF_ERR]PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]pam_start() 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 Smørgrav <des@des.no>.
| April 30, 2017 | NetBSD 9.4 |