+#ifdef USE_PAM
+ struct pam_conv pam_conversation;
+ pam_handle_t *pamh;
+ int pam_error;
+/*
+ * Fill the pam_conversion structure. The PAM specification states that the
+ * session must be able to be closed by a totally different handle from which
+ * it was created. Hold the PAM group to their own specification!
+ */
+ memset (&pam_conversation, '\0', sizeof (struct pam_conv));
+ pam_conversation.conv = &pam_conv;
+
+ pam_error = pam_start ("ppp", user, &pam_conversation, &pamh);
+ if (pam_error == PAM_SUCCESS) {
+ (void) pam_set_item (pamh, PAM_TTY, devnam);
+ (void) pam_close_session (pamh, PAM_SILENT);
+ (void) pam_end (pamh, PAM_SUCCESS);
+ }
+
+#else