LIBPAM(3LIB) Interface Libraries LIBPAM(3LIB)
NAME
libpam - PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) library
LIBRARY
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module) Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_appl.h>DESCRIPTION
Functions in this library provide routines for the Pluggable
Authentication Module (PAM).
Various PAM implementations have disagreed on whether certain parts of
the function signatures for the
pam_get_item() and
pam_get_user()
functions, as well as parts of the
pam_conv structure, used the
const qualifier. Historically illumos did not; however this was changed to
align with other common implementations (e.g. the Linux PAM project and
various *BSDs). If necessary the non-const definitions of these types
can be selected by defining the macro _PAM_LEGACY_NONCONST prior to
including <
security/pam_appl.h>.
INTERFACES
The shared object
libmap.so.1 provides the public interfaces defined
below. See
Intro(3) for additional information on shared object
interfaces.
pam_acct_mgmt pam_authenticate pam_chauthtok pam_close_session pam_end pam_get_data pam_get_item pam_get_user pam_getenv pam_getenvlist pam_open_session pam_putenv pam_set_data pam_set_item pam_setcred pam_start pam_strerrorFILES
/lib/libpam.so.1 32-bit shared object
/lib/64/libpam.so.1 64-bit shared object
/etc/pam.conf configuration file
/usr/lib/security/pam_dial_auth.so.1 authentication management PAM module for dialups
/usr/lib/security/pam_rhosts_auth.so.1 authentication management PAM modules that use
ruserok()
/usr/lib/security/pam_sample.so.1 sample PAM module
INTERFACE STABILITY
CommittedMT-LEVEL MT-Safe-with-exceptionsSEE ALSO
pvs(1),
Intro(3),
pam(3PAM),
pam.conf(5),
attributes(7),
pam_authtok_check(7),
pam_authtok_get(7),
pam_authtok_store(7),
pam_dhkeys(7),
pam_dial_auth(7),
pam_passwd_auth(7),
pam_rhosts_auth(7),
pam_sample(7),
pam_unix_account(7),
pam_unix_auth(7),
pam_unix_session(7)NOTES
The functions in
libpam are MT-Safe only if each thread within the
multithreaded application uses its own PAM handle.
The
pam_unix module is no longer supported. Similar functionality is
provided by
pam_authtok_check(7),
pam_authtok_get(7),
pam_authtok_store(7),
pam_dhkeys(7),
pam_passwd_auth(7),
pam_unix_account(7),
pam_unix_auth(7), and
pam_unix_session(7).
illumos July 6, 2024 illumos
