PAM_SM_OPEN_SESSION(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

PAM_SM_OPEN_SESSION(3) — hey bestie, this is the Linux-PAM Manual page for pam_sm_open_session, the PAM service function to start session management 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <security/pam_modules.h>

int pam_sm_open_session(pam_handle_t *pamh, int flags, int argc,
                        const char **argv);

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

okay so pam_sm_open_session is literally the service module's implementation of the pam_open_session(3) interface ✨

This function is called to commence a session. The only valid value for flags is zero or:

• PAM_SILENT — Do not emit any messages. 🤫

💅 RETURN VALUES 💅

• PAM_SESSION_ERR — Cannot make/remove an entry for the specified session. 😭
• PAM_SUCCESS — The session was successfully started. slay 👑

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

pam(3), pam_open_session(3), pam_sm_close_session(3), pam_strerror(3), PAM(8)

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mwah 💋 this iconic little page came from Linux-PAM, dated 07/08/2026 — catch you in the group chat, bestie 🫶✨