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Other functions provided by libpam
- 2.2.1. Strings describing PAM error codes
- 2.2.2. Request a delay on failure
3. What is expected of a module- 3.1. Overview
- 3.1.1. Functional independence
- 3.1.2. Minimizing administration problems
- 3.1.3. Arguments supplied to the module
- 3.2. Authentication management
- 3.2.1. Service function for user authentication
- 3.2.2. Service function to alter credentials
- 3.3. Account management
- 3.3.1. Service function for account management
- 3.4. Session management
- 3.4.1. Service function to start session management
- 3.4.2. Service function to terminate session management
- 3.5. Authentication token management
- 3.5.1. Service function to alter authentication token
4. Generic optional arguments5. Programming notes- 5.1. Security issues for module creation
- 5.1.1. Sufficient resources
- 5.1.2. Who´s who?
- 5.1.3. Using the conversation function
- 5.1.4. Authentication tokens
- 5.2. Use of syslog(3)
- 5.3. Modules that require system libraries
6. An example module7. See also8. Author/acknowledgments9. Copyright information for this document