PAM_VINFO(3)

PAM_VINFO(3) | Library Functions Manual | PAM_VINFO(3)

# NAME

pam_vinfo — display an information message

# LIBRARY

Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

# SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>

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

# DESCRIPTION

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

# RETURN VALUES

The pam_vinfo() 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_strerror(3), pam_verror(3), pam_vprompt(3)

# STANDARDS

The pam_vinfo() function is an OpenPAM extension.

# AUTHORS

The pam_vinfo() 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>.

September 12, 2014 | NetBSD 7.1