pam_error

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Version: 06/27/2006 (openSuse - 09/10/07)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

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NAME

pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user

SYNOPSIS


#include <security/pam_ext.h>
int pam_error(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);
int pam_verror(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list args);

DESCRIPTION

The pam_error function prints error messages through the conversation function to the user.

The pam_verror function performs the same task as pam_error() with the difference that it takes a set of arguments which have been obtained using the stdarg(3) variable argument list macros.

RETURN VALUES

PAM_BUF_ERR
Memory buffer error.
PAM_CONV_ERR
Conversation failure.
PAM_SUCCESS
Error message was displayed.
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
System error.

SEE ALSO

pam_info(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_vprompt(3), pam(8)

STANDARDS

The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.