Other Useful PAM Functions

The previous example, Example 3–1, is a simple application that demonstrates only a few of the major PAM functions. This section describes some other PAM functions that can be useful.

The pam_open_session(3PAM) function is called to open a new session after a user has been successfully authenticated.

The pam_getenvlist(3PAM) function is called to establish a new environment. pam_getenvlist() returns a new environment to be merged with the existing environment.