NAME
pam_verror – display an error message
LIBRARY
library “libpam”
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_verror(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_verror function passes its arguments to pam_vprompt(3) with a style argument of PAM_ERROR_MSG, and discards the response.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_verror 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_strerror(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_vprompt(3)
STANDARDS
The pam_verror function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_verror 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.