pam_close_session - Man Page

#include <security/pam_appl.h>

int pam_close_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags);

The pam_close_session function is used to indicate that an authenticated session has ended. The session should have been created with a call to pam_open_session(3).

It should be noted that the effective uid, geteuid(2). of the application should be of sufficient privilege to perform such tasks as unmounting the user's home directory for example.

The flags argument is the binary or of zero or more of the following values:

PAM_SILENT

Do not emit any messages.

PAM_ABORT

General failure.

PAM_BUF_ERR

Memory buffer error.

PAM_SESSION_ERR

Session failure.

PAM_SUCCESS

Session was successful terminated.

pam_open_session(3), pam_strerror(3)

pam(3), pam_filter(8), pam_open_session(3), pam_setcred(3), pam_sm_close_session(3).