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.