NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pam_prompt -- call the conversation function

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     PAM Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

     int
     pam_prompt(pam_handle_t *pamh, int style, char **resp, const char *fmt,
         ...);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_prompt function constructs a message from the specified format
     string and arguments and passes it to the given PAM context's conversation
 function.

     A pointer to the response, or NULL if the conversation function did not
     return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the resp argument.

     See pam_vprompt(3) for further details.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_prompt 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_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vprompt(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_prompt function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pam_prompt 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.


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