PAM Management Programming Manual

Contents
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3. SPI Programming Considerations for the PAM
Subsystem
3. SPI Programming Considerations for the PAM Subsystem
Definition Files 3-1
Naming Guidelines for Applications
3-3
Message Elements for the PAM Subsystem
3-3
Subsystem ID (SSID)
3-3
Commands
3-4
Object Types
3-4
Object Names
3-5
Event Numbers
3-5
Subjects of Event Messages
3-5
Other Tokens
3-5
Constructs Involving Multiple Tokens
3-7
Using SPI to Build Commands and Decode Responses
3-7
Building and Sending a Command Message
3-7
Receiving and Decoding the Response Message
3-8
Error Handling
3-8
Security
3-9
Discontinuing a Command in Progress
3-9
Retrieving and Decoding Event Messages
3-9
Event-Management Considerations for the PAM Subsystem
3-10
Critical Events
3-10
Filters
3-11
4. Common Definitions
Types of Common Definitions 4-1
Definition Files
4-1
SPI Standard Definitions
4-2
Simple Tokens
4-2
Header Tokens
4-3
Value Names
4-5
Fixed Structures and Token Types
4-5
Data Communications Standard Definitions
4-6
Simple Tokens
4-7
Extensible Structured Tokens
4-7