December 21, 2007 PAM_END 3

### NAME

pam_end - terminate the PAM transaction

### LIBRARY

### SYNOPSIS

```int` pam_end(```pam_handle_t *pamh``, int status`)

### DESCRIPTION

The pam_end function terminates a PAM transaction and destroys the corresponding PAM context, releasing all resources allocated to it.

The ```status` argument should be set to the error code returned by the last API call before the call to pam_end

### RETURN VALUES

The pam_end function returns one of the following values:

[```PAM_SYSTEM_ERR`]
  System error.

### SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_strerror(3)

### STANDARDS

### AUTHORS

The pam_end function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.