pam_authenticate(3) on FreeBSD
The text e4d9dffeb507, as FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE, FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE, FreeBSD 10.4-RELEASE, FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE, FreeBSD 10.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE shipped it.
perform authentication within the PAM framework