NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_info -- display an information message

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     PAM Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

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

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_info 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_error(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vinfo(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_info function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_info 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