NAME
pam_error
- display an error message
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
int
pam_error(
const pam_handle_t *pamh
, const char *fmt
, ...
)
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_error
function displays an error message through the
intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
RETURN VALUES
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
pam(3),
pam_info(3),
pam_prompt(3),
pam_strerror(3),
pam_verror(3)
STANDARDS
The
pam_error
function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
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.