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pam_start() is used to initialize the PAM library. It must be called prior to any other usage of the PAM library. On success, *pamh becomes a handle that provides continuity for successive calls to the PAM library. pam_start() expects arguments as follows: the service_name of the program, the username of the individual to be authenticated, a pointer to an application-supplied pam_conv structure, and a pointer to a pam_handle_t pointer.
An application must provide the conversation function used for direct communication between a loaded module and the application. The application also typically provides a means for the module to prompt the user for a password, etc.
The structure, pam_conv, is defined to be,
struct pam_conv { int (*conv) (int num_msg, const struct pam_message * *msg, struct pam_response * *resp, void *appdata_ptr); void *appdata_ptr; }; |
When a module calls the referenced conv() function, appdata_ptr is set to the second element of this structure.
The other arguments of a call to conv() concern the information exchanged by module and application. num_msg holds the length of the array of pointers passed via msg. On success, the pointer resp points to an array of num_msg pam_response structures, holding the application-supplied text. Note that resp is a struct pam_response array and not an array of pointers.
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