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PAM_ERROR(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual PAM_ERROR(3)
NAME
pam_error - display an error message
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
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_SUCCESS] Success.
[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.
The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@des.no>.
FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11 June 27, 2023 FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p11