NAME
pam_prompt
- call the conversation function
LIBRARY
SYNOPSIS
int
pam_prompt(
const pam_handle_t *pamh
, int style
, char **resp
, const char *fmt
, ...
)
DESCRIPTION
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
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
pam(3),
pam_error(3),
pam_info(3),
pam_strerror(3),
pam_vprompt(3)
STANDARDS
The
pam_prompt
function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
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.