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+<?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">
+<refentry id='pam_sm_authenticate'>
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>pam_sm_authenticate</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class='setdesc'>Linux-PAM Manual</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv id="pam_sm_authenticate-name">
+ <refname>pam_sm_authenticate</refname>
+ <refpurpose>PAM service function for user authentication</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+<!-- body begins here -->
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <funcsynopsis id='pam_sm_authenticate-synopsis'>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#define PAM_SM_AUTH</funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;security/pam_modules.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>
+ <funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>pam_sm_authenticate</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>pam_handle_t *<parameter>pamh</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>argc</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>const char **<parameter>argv</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+ </funcsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+
+ <refsect1 id='pam_sm_authenticate-description'>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+ <para>
+ The <function>pam_sm_authenticate</function> function is the service
+ module's implementation of the
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam_authenticate</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry> interface.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This function performs the task of authenticating the user.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Valid flags, which may be logically OR'd with
+ <emphasis>PAM_SILENT</emphasis>, are:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_SILENT</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not emit any messages.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Return <emphasis remap='B'>PAM_AUTH_ERR</emphasis> if the
+ database of authentication tokens for this authentication
+ mechanism has a <emphasis>NULL</emphasis> entry for the user.
+ Without this flag, such a <emphasis>NULL</emphasis> token
+ will lead to a success without the user being prompted.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="pam_sm_authenticate-return_values">
+ <title>RETURN VALUES</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_AUTH_ERR</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Authentication failure.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ For some reason the application does not have sufficient
+ credentials to authenticate the user.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The modules were not able to access the authentication
+ information. This might be due to a network or hardware
+ failure etc.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_SUCCESS</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The authentication token was successfully updated.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_USER_UNKNOWN</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The supplied username is not known to the authentication
+ service.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>PAM_MAXTRIES</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ One or more of the authentication modules has reached its
+ limit of tries authenticating the user. Do not try again.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id='pam_sm_authenticate-see_also'>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam_authenticate</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam_sm_setcred</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>pam_strerror</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle>PAM</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>