The pam_sm_acct_mgmt
function is the service
module's implementation of the
pam_acct_mgmt(3) interface.
This function performs the task of establishing whether the user is
permitted to gain access at this time. It should be understood that
the user has previously been validated by an authentication
module. This function checks for other things. Such things might be:
the time of day or the date, the terminal line, remote hostname, etc.
This function may also determine things like the expiration on
passwords, and respond that the user change it before continuing.
Valid flags, which may be logically OR'd with
PAM_SILENT, are:
- PAM_SILENT
Do not emit any messages.
- PAM_DISALLOW_NULL_AUTHTOK
Return PAM_AUTH_ERR if the
database of authentication tokens for this authentication
mechanism has a NULL entry for the user.