NAME
pam_prompt – call the conversation function
LIBRARY
library “libpam”
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_prompt(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int style, char **resp, const char *fmt, ...);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_prompt function constructs a message from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the given PAM context's conversation function.
A pointer to the response, or NULL if the conversation function did not return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the resp argument.
See pam_vprompt(3) for further details.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_prompt 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_error(3), pam_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vprompt(3)
STANDARDS
The pam_prompt function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_prompt 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.