NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_error -- display an error message

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     PAM Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     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    [Toc]    [Back]

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

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_error function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     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.


FreeBSD 5.2.1                    July 15, 2003                   FreeBSD 5.2.1