NAME
pam_verror —
display an error message
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include
<security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_verror(const
pam_handle_t *pamh, const
char *fmt, va_list
ap);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_verror function passes its
arguments to pam_vprompt(3) with a style argument of
PAM_ERROR_MSG, and discards the response.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_verror 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_error(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_vprompt(3)
STANDARDS
The pam_verror function is an OpenPAM
extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_verror 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.