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+.\" Title: pam_end
+.\" Author:
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 04/16/2008
+.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual
+.\"
+.TH "PAM_END" "3" "04/16/2008" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual"
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
+.SH "NAME"
+pam_end - termination of PAM transaction
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.ft B
+.nf
+#include <security/pam_appl\.h>
+.fi
+.ft
+.HP 12
+.BI "int pam_end(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", int\ " "pam_status" ");"
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+The
+\fBpam_end\fR
+function terminates the PAM transaction and is the last function an application should call in the PAM context\. Upon return the handle
+\fIpamh\fR
+is no longer valid and all memory associated with it will be invalid\.
+.PP
+The
+\fIpam_status\fR
+argument should be set to the value returned to the application by the last PAM library call\.
+.PP
+The value taken by
+\fIpam_status\fR
+is used as an argument to the module specific callback function,
+\fBcleanup()\fR
+(See
+\fBpam_set_data\fR(3)
+and
+\fBpam_get_data\fR(3))\. In this way the module can be given notification of the pass/fail nature of the tear\-down process, and perform any last minute tasks that are appropriate to the module before it is unlinked\. This argument can be logically OR\'d with
+\fIPAM_DATA_SILENT\fR
+to indicate to indicate that the module should not treat the call too seriously\. It is generally used to indicate that the current closing of the library is in a
+\fBfork\fR(2)ed process, and that the parent will take care of cleaning up things that exist outside of the current process space (files etc\.)\.
+.PP
+This function
+\fIfree\fR\'s all memory for items associated with the
+\fBpam_set_item\fR(3)
+and
+\fBpam_get_item\fR(3)
+functions\. Pointers associated with such objects are not valid anymore after
+\fBpam_end\fR
+was called\.
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+.PP
+PAM_SUCCESS
+.RS 4
+Transaction was successful terminated\.
+.RE
+.PP
+PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
+.RS 4
+System error, for example a NULL pointer was submitted as PAM handle or the function was called by a module\.
+.RE
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+
+\fBpam_get_data\fR(3),
+\fBpam_set_data\fR(3),
+\fBpam_start\fR(3),
+\fBpam_strerror\fR(3)