PAM_END(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_END(3)

# NAME

`pam_end` —
terminate the PAM transaction

# 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 corresponding 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_SUCCESS`]
  Success.
[`PAM_BAD_HANDLE`]
  Invalid PAM handle.

# 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 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 9.2