PAM_CLOSE_SESSION
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (3)
Updated: 11/25/2020
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NAME
pam_close_session - terminate PAM session management
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
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int pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_close_session
function is used to indicate that an authenticated session has ended. The session should have been created with a call to
pam_open_session(3).
It should be noted that the effective uid,
geteuid(2). of the application should be of sufficient privilege to perform such tasks as unmounting the user's home directory for example.
The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:
PAM_SILENT
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Do not emit any messages.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_ABORT
-
General failure.
PAM_BUF_ERR
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Memory buffer error.
PAM_SESSION_ERR
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Session failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
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Session was successful terminated.
SEE ALSO
pam_open_session(3),
pam_strerror(3)