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Note, all of the authentication service function calls accept the
token <span class="emphasis"><em>PAM_SILENT</em></span>, which instructs
the modules to not send messages to the application. This token
can be logically OR'd with any one of the permitted tokens specific
to the individual function calls.
<span class="emphasis"><em>PAM_SILENT</em></span> does not override the
prompting of the user for passwords etc., it only stops informative
messages from being generated.
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