PAM_ERROR(3)

NAME
pam_error - display an error message

LIBRARY
libpam

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_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.