PAM_END(3)               BSD Library Functions Manual               PAM_END(3)

NAME
     pam_end -- terminate the PAM transaction

LIBRARY
     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

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

     int
     pam_end(pam_handle_t *pamh, int status);

DESCRIPTION
     The pam_end function terminates a PAM transaction and destroys the corre-
     sponding PAM context, releasing all resources allocated to it.

     The status argument should be set to the error code returned by the last
     API call before the call to pam_end

RETURN VALUES
     The pam_end function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_strerror(3)

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

AUTHORS
     The pam_end 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 pro-
     gram.

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