The
function creates and initializes a PAM context.
The
Fa service
argument specifies the name of the policy to apply, and is
stored in the
PAM_SERVICE
item in the created context.
The
Fa user
argument specifies the name of the target user - the user the
created context will serve to authenticate.
It is stored in the
PAM_USER
item in the created context.
The
Fa pam_conv
argument points to a
Vt struct pam_conv
describing the
conversation function to use; see
Fa pam_conv
for details.
"X/Open Single Sign-On Service (XSSO) - Pluggable Authentication Modules"
"June 1997"
AUTHORS
The
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
(``CBOSS''
)
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.