1PAM_SM_CHAUTHTOK(3)            Linux-PAM Manual            PAM_SM_CHAUTHTOK(3)
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NAME

6       pam_sm_chauthtok - PAM service function for authentication token
7       management
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SYNOPSIS

10       #define PAM_SM_PASSWORD
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12       #include <security/pam_modules.h>
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14       PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_chauthtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags,
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DESCRIPTION

18       The pam_sm_chauthtok function is the service module´s implementation of
19       the pam_chauthtok(3) interface.
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21       This function is used to (re-)set the authentication token of the user.
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23       Valid flags, which may be logically OR´d with PAM_SILENT, are:
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25       PAM_SILENT
26           Do not emit any messages.
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28       PAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK
29           This argument indicates to the module that the users authentication
30           token (password) should only be changed if it has expired. This
31           flag is optional and must be combined with one of the following two
32           flags. Note, however, the following two options are mutually
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35       PAM_PRELIM_CHECK
36           This indicates that the modules are being probed as to their ready
37           status for altering the user´s authentication token. If the module
38           requires access to another system over some network it should
39           attempt to verify it can connect to this system on receiving this
40           flag. If a module cannot establish it is ready to update the user´s
41           authentication token it should return PAM_TRY_AGAIN, this
42           information will be passed back to the application.
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44           If the control value sufficient is used in the password stack, the
45           PAM_PRELIM_CHECK section of the modules following that control
46           value is not always executed.
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48       PAM_UPDATE_AUTHTOK
49           This informs the module that this is the call it should change the
50           authorization tokens. If the flag is logically OR´d with
51           PAM_CHANGE_EXPIRED_AUTHTOK, the token is only changed if it has
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54       The PAM library calls this function twice in succession. The first time
55       with PAM_PRELIM_CHECK and then, if the module does not return
56       PAM_TRY_AGAIN, subsequently with PAM_UPDATE_AUTHTOK. It is only on the
57       second call that the authorization token is (possibly) changed.
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RETURN VALUES

60       PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR
61           The module was unable to obtain the new authentication token.
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63       PAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR
64           The module was unable to obtain the old authentication token.
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66       PAM_AUTHTOK_LOCK_BUSY
67           Cannot change the authentication token since it is currently
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70       PAM_AUTHTOK_DISABLE_AGING
71           Authentication token aging has been disabled.
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73       PAM_PERM_DENIED
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76       PAM_TRY_AGAIN
77           Preliminary check was unsuccessful. Signals an immediate return to
78           the application is desired.
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80       PAM_SUCCESS
81           The authentication token was successfully updated.
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83       PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
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SEE ALSO

87       pam(3), pam_chauthtok(3), pam_sm_chauthtok(3), pam_strerror(3), PAM(8)
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91Linux-PAM Manual                  03/02/2009               PAM_SM_CHAUTHTOK(3)
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