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.Dd May 31, 2025 .Dt PAM_ACCT_MGMT 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pam_acct_mgmt .Nd perform PAM account validation procedures .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "int" .Fn pam_acct_mgmt "pam_handle_t *pamh" "int flags" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pam_acct_mgmt function verifies and enforces account restrictions after the user has been authenticated.
p The .Fa flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Dv PAM_SILENT Do not emit any messages. t Dv PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK Fail if the user's authentication token is null. .El
p If any other bits are set, .Fn pam_acct_mgmt will return .Dv PAM_SYMBOL_ERR . .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn pam_acct_mgmt function returns one of the following values: l -tag -width 18n t Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS Success. t Bq Er PAM_ABORT General failure. t Bq Er PAM_ACCT_EXPIRED User account has expired. t Bq Er PAM_AUTH_ERR Authentication error. t Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error. t Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR Conversation failure. t Bq Er PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD New authentication token required. t Bq Er PAM_PERM_DENIED Permission denied. t Bq Er PAM_SERVICE_ERR Error in service module. t Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error. t Bq Er PAM_USER_UNKNOWN Unknown user. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pam 3 , .Xr pam_strerror 3 .Sh STANDARDS .Rs .%T "X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules" .%D "June 1997" .Re .Sh AUTHORS The .Fn pam_acct_mgmt function and this manual page were developed for the .Fx Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
q Dq CBOSS , as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
p The OpenPAM library is maintained by .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des (at] des.dev .
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