PAM_ERROR(3)

PAM_ERROR(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_ERROR(3)

# NAME

pam_error — display an error message

# LIBRARY

Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

# SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>

int
pam_error(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);

# DESCRIPTION

The pam_error function displays an error message through the intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.

# RETURN VALUES

The pam_error function returns one of the following values:

[PAM_BUF_ERR]
  Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR]
  Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
  System error.

# SEE ALSO

pam(3), pam_info(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3)

# STANDARDS

The pam_error function is an OpenPAM extension.

# AUTHORS

The pam_error 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.

December 18, 2011 | NetBSD 5.99