NAME

pam_verror - display an error message

LIBRARY

SYNOPSIS



int pam_verror(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list ap)

DESCRIPTION

The pam_verror function passes its arguments to pam_vprompt(3) with a style argument of PAM_ERROR_MSG, and discards the response.

RETURN VALUES

The pam_verror 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_error(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_vprompt(3)

STANDARDS

The pam_verror function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS

The pam_verror 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.