NAME
pam_info —
display an information
message
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_info(
const
pam_handle_t *pamh,
const
char *fmt,
...);
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_info() function displays an informational message
through the intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_info() function returns one of the following values:
-
-
- [
PAM_SUCCESS
]
- Success.
-
-
- [
PAM_BUF_ERR
]
- Memory buffer error.
-
-
- [
PAM_CONV_ERR
]
- Conversation failure.
-
-
- [
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
]
- System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3),
pam_error(3),
pam_prompt(3),
pam_strerror(3),
pam_vinfo(3)
STANDARDS
The
pam_info() function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
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.
The OpenPAM library is maintained by
Dag-Erling
Smørgrav
<
des@des.no>.