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pam_unix_session(5)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Errors | Attributes | See Also | Notes

Name

pam_unix_session– session management PAM module for UNIX

Synopsis

pam_unix_session.so.1

Description

The pam_unix_session module implements pam_sm_open_session(3PAM) and pam_sm_close_session(3PAM).

pam_sm_open_session() updates the /var/adm/lastlog file with the information contained in the PAM_USER, PAM_TTY, and PAM_RHOSTS items. pam_unix_account(5) uses this account to determine the previous time the user logged in.

pam_sm_close_session() is a null function.

The following options can be passed to the module:

debug

syslog(3C) debugging information at the LOG_DEBUG level

Errors

Upon successful completion, PAM_SUCCESS is returned. The following error codes are returned upon error:

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Cannot make or remove the entry for the specified session (PAM_TTY is not present).

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

No account is present for user.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving
MT Level	MT-Safe with exceptions

See Also

pam(3PAM), pam_authenticate(3PAM), syslog(3C), libpam(3LIB), pam.conf(4), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5), pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5),pam_unix_auth(5),

Notes

The interfaces in libpam(3LIB) are MT-Safe only if each thread within the multi-threaded application uses its own PAM handle.

The pam_unix(5) module is no longer supported. Similar functionality is provided by pam_authtok_check(5), pam_authtok_get(5), pam_authtok_store(5), pam_dhkeys(5), pam_passwd_auth(5), pam_unix_account(5), pam_unix_auth(5), and pam_unix_session(5).

Name | Synopsis | Description | Errors | Attributes | See Also | Notes