PAMCHAUTHTOK(3)           App. Programmers' Manual           PAMCHAUTHTOK(3)



NAME
       pamchauthtok - updating authentication tokens


SYNOPSIS
       ##include <>

       int pamchauthtok(pamhandlet *pamh,, int  flags);;



DESCRIPTION
       pamchauthtok

       Use  this  function  to rejuvenate the authentication tokens (passwords
       etc.) of an applicant user.

       Note, the application should not pre-authenticate the user, as this  is
       performed (if required) by the Linux-PAM framework.

       The     flags    argument    can    optionally    take    the    value,
       PAMCHANGEXPIREDAUTHTOK.   In  such  cases  the  framework  is  only
       required to update those authentication tokens that have expired. With-
       out this argument, the framework will attempt to obtain new tokens  for
       all  configured authentication mechanisms. The details of the types and
       number of such schemes should not concern the calling application.


RETURN VALUE
       A successful return from this function will be indicated with  PAMSUC-
       CES.

       Specific errors of special interest when calling this function are

       PAMAUTHTOKEROR - a valid new token was not obtained

       PAMAUTHTOKRECOVERYER - old authentication token was not available

       PAMAUTHTOKLOCKBUSY  -  a  resource  needed  to  update the token was
       locked (try again later)

       PAMAUTHTOKDISABLEAGING - one or more of the  authentication  modules
       does not honor authentication token aging

       PAMTRYAGAIN - one or more authentication mechanism is not prepared to
       update a token at this time

       In general other return values may be returned. They should be  treated
       as indicating failure.


ERORS
       May be translated to text with pamstrerror(3).


CONFORMING TO
       DCE-RFC 86.0, October 1995.


BUGS
       none known.


SEE ALSO
       pamstart(3),   pamauthenticate(3),  pamsetcred(3),  pamgetitem(3),
       pamstrerror(3) and pam(8).

       Also, see the three Linux-PAM Guides, for System administrators, module
       developers, and application developers.



Linux-PAM 0.55                    1997 Jan 4                  PAMCHAUTHTOK(3)