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diff --git a/doc/man/pam_sm_authenticate.3 b/doc/man/pam_sm_authenticate.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..366d2ee --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/pam_sm_authenticate.3 @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: pam_sm_authenticate +.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.79.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 06/08/2020 +.\" Manual: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Source: Linux-PAM Manual +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "PAM_SM_AUTHENTICATE" "3" "06/08/2020" "Linux-PAM Manual" "Linux-PAM Manual" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +pam_sm_authenticate \- PAM service function for user authentication +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.sp +.ft B +.nf +#include <security/pam_modules\&.h> +.fi +.ft +.HP \w'int\ pam_sm_authenticate('u +.BI "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\*(Aqs 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\*(Aqd with +\fIPAM_SILENT\fR, are: +.PP +PAM_SILENT +.RS 4 +Do not emit any messages\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK +.RS 4 +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\&. +.RE +.SH "RETURN VALUES" +.PP +PAM_AUTH_ERR +.RS 4 +Authentication failure\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_CRED_INSUFFICIENT +.RS 4 +For some reason the application does not have sufficient credentials to authenticate the user\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_AUTHINFO_UNAVAIL +.RS 4 +The modules were not able to access the authentication information\&. This might be due to a network or hardware failure etc\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_SUCCESS +.RS 4 +The authentication token was successfully updated\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_USER_UNKNOWN +.RS 4 +The supplied username is not known to the authentication service\&. +.RE +.PP +PAM_MAXTRIES +.RS 4 +One or more of the authentication modules has reached its limit of tries authenticating the user\&. Do not try again\&. +.RE +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBpam\fR(3), +\fBpam_authenticate\fR(3), +\fBpam_sm_setcred\fR(3), +\fBpam_strerror\fR(3), +\fBPAM\fR(8) diff --git a/doc/man/pam_sm_authenticate.3.xml b/doc/man/pam_sm_authenticate.3.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef3a8f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/pam_sm_authenticate.3.xml @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +<?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>#include <security/pam_modules.h></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> |