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.