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-.\" Title: pam_sm_authenticate
-.\" Author:
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.70.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 06/27/2006
-.\" Manual: Linux\-PAM Manual
-.\" Source: Linux\-PAM Manual
-.\"
-.TH "PAM_SM_AUTHENTICATE" "3" "06/27/2006" "Linux\-PAM Manual" "Linux\-PAM Manual"
-.\" disable hyphenation
-.nh
-.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
-.ad l
-.SH "NAME"
-pam_sm_authenticate \- PAM service function for user authentication
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.sp
-.ft B
-.nf
-#define PAM_SM_AUTH
-.fi
-.ft
-.sp
-.ft B
-.nf
-#include <security/pam_modules.h>
-.fi
-.ft
-.HP 35
-.BI "PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_authenticate(pam_handle_t\ *" "pamh" ", int\ " "flags" ", int\ " "argc" ", const\ char\ **" "argv" ");"
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.PP
-The
-\fBpam_sm_authenticate\fR
-function is the service module's implementation of the
-\fBpam_authenticate\fR(3)
-interface.
-.PP
-This function performs the task of authenticating the user.
-.PP
-Valid flags, which may be logically OR'd with
-\fIPAM_SILENT\fR, are:
-.TP 3n
-PAM_SILENT
-Do not emit any messages.
-.TP 3n
-PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
-Return
-\fBPAM_AUTH_ERR\fR
-if the database of authentication tokens for this authentication mechanism has a
-\fINULL\fR
-entry for the user. Without this flag, such a
-\fINULL\fR
-token will lead to a success without the user being prompted.
-.SH "RETURN VALUES"
-.TP 3n
-PAM_AUTH_ERR
-Authentication failure.
-.TP 3n
-PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT
-For some reason the application does not have sufficient credentials to authenticate the user.
-.TP 3n
-PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL
-The modules were not able to access the authentication information. This might be due to a network or hardware failure etc.
-.TP 3n
-PAM_SUCCESS
-The authentication token was successfully updated.
-.TP 3n
-PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
-The supplied username is not known to the authentication service.
-.TP 3n
-PAM_MAXTRIES
-One or more of the authentication modules has reached its limit of tries authenticating the user. Do not try again.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.PP
-
-\fBpam\fR(3),
-\fBpam_authenticate\fR(3),
-\fBpam_sm_setcred\fR(3),
-\fBpam_strerror\fR(3),
-\fBPAM\fR(8)