1pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM) PAM Library Functions pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM)
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6 pam_acct_mgmt - perform PAM account validation procedures
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9 cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lpam [ library ... ]
10 #include <security/pam_appl.h>
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14 int pam_acct_mgmt(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);
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18 The pam_acct_mgmt() function is called to determine if the current
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25 The pamh argument is an authentication handle obtained by a prior call
26 to pam_start(). The following flags may be set in the flags field:
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32 PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK The account management service should
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38 Upon successful completion, PAM_SUCCESS is returned. In addition to
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46 PAM_AUTH_ERR Authentication failure.
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49 PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD New authentication token required. This is nor‐
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52 because the password is NULL or has aged.
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59 See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:
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64 ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
65 │ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
66 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
67 │Interface Stability │ Stable │
68 ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
69 │MT-Level │MT-Safe with exceptions │
70 └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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73 pam(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), pam_start(3PAM), libpam(3LIB),
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82SunOS 5.11 13 Oct 1998 pam_acct_mgmt(3PAM)