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PAM_SM_CHAUTHTOK(3)        Library Functions Manual        PAM_SM_CHAUTHTOK(3)

NAME
     pam_sm_chauthtok - service module implementation for pam_chauthtok

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>
     #include <security/pam_modules.h>

     int
     pam_sm_chauthtok(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags, int argc,
         const char **argv);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_sm_chauthtok() function is the service module's implementation of
     the pam_chauthtok(3) API function.

     When the application calls pam_chauthtok(3), the service function is
     called twice, first with the PAM_PRELIM_CHECK flag set and then again
     with the PAM_UPDATE_AUTHTOK flag set.

RETURN VALUES
     The pam_sm_chauthtok() function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_SUCCESS]       Success.

     [PAM_ABORT]         General failure.

     [PAM_AUTHTOK_DISABLE_AGING]
                         Authentication token aging disabled.

     [PAM_AUTHTOK_ERR]   Authentication token failure.

     [PAM_AUTHTOK_LOCK_BUSY]
                         Authentication token lock busy.

     [PAM_AUTHTOK_RECOVERY_ERR]
                         Failed to recover old authentication token.

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]      Conversation failure.

     [PAM_IGNORE]        Ignore this module.

     [PAM_PERM_DENIED]   Permission denied.

     [PAM_SERVICE_ERR]   Error in service module.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

     [PAM_TRY_AGAIN]     Try again.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_chauthtok(3), pam_strerror(3)

STANDARDS
     X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules,
     June 1997.

AUTHORS
     The pam_sm_chauthtok() function and this manual page were developed for
     the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories,
     the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
     DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 ("CBOSS"), as part of the DARPA
     CHATS research program.

     The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Sm/orgrav <des@des.no>.

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