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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@
<para>
The <function>pam_start</function> function creates the PAM context
and initiates the PAM transaction. It is the first of the PAM
- functions that needs to be called by an application.
+ functions that needs to be called by an application. The transaction
+ state is contained entirely within the structure identified by this
+ handle, so it is possible to have multiple transactions in parallel.
+ But it is not possible to use the same handle for different
+ transactions, a new one is needed for every new context.
</para>
<para>