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8 .Dd September 12, 2014
9 .Dt PAM_ERROR 3
10 .Os
11 .Sh NAME
12 .Nm pam_error
13 .Nd display an error message
14 .Sh LIBRARY
15 .Lb libpam
16 .Sh SYNOPSIS
17 .In sys/types.h
18 .In security/pam_appl.h
19 .Ft "int"
20 .Fn pam_error "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..."
21 .Sh DESCRIPTION
22 The
23 .Fn pam_error
24 function displays an error message through the
25 intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
26 .Sh RETURN VALUES
27 The
28 .Fn pam_error
29 function returns one of the following values:
30 .Bl -tag -width 18n
31 .It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
32 Memory buffer error.
33 .It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
34 Conversation failure.
35 .It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
36 System error.
37 .El
38 .Sh SEE ALSO
39 .Xr pam 3 ,
40 .Xr pam_info 3 ,
41 .Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
42 .Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
43 .Xr pam_verror 3
44 .Sh STANDARDS
45 The
46 .Fn pam_error
47 function is an OpenPAM extension.
48 .Sh AUTHORS
49 The
50 .Fn pam_error
51 function and this manual page were
52 developed for the
53 .Fx
54 Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
55 Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
56 DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
57 .Pq Dq CBOSS ,
58 as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
59 .Pp
60 The OpenPAM library is maintained by
61 .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des (a] des.no .
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