pam_close_session

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pam_close_session

terminate PAM session management

          #include <security/pam_appl.h>

            int pam_close_session
            pam_handle_t *pamh
            int flags

## DESCRIPTION

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.

## RETURN VALUES

PAM_ABORT

- General failure.

PAM_BUF_ERR

- Memory buffer error.

PAM_SESSION_ERR

- Session failure.

PAM_SUCCESS

- Session was successful terminated.

## SEE ALSO

pam_open_session

3 ,

pam_strerror

3