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PAM_ERROR(3)            NetBSD Library Functions Manual           PAM_ERROR(3)


NAME

     pam_error -- display an error message


LIBRARY

     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)


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 intermedi-
     ary 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.

     The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>.

NetBSD 7.0.2                  September 12, 2014                  NetBSD 7.0.2