pam_verror.3 revision 1.1.1.8 $NetBSD: pam_verror.3,v 1.1.1.8 2025/09/03 15:55:57 christos Exp $ Generated from pam_verror.c by gendoc.pl.Dd June 27, 2023
.Dt PAM_VERROR 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pam_verror
.Nd display an error message
.Sh SYNOPSIS
n sys/types.h n security/pam_appl.h .Ft "int"
.Fn pam_verror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pam_verror
function passes its arguments to
.Xr pam_vprompt 3
with a
style argument of
.Dv PAM_ERROR_MSG ,
and discards the response.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn pam_verror
function returns one of the following values:
l -tag -width 18n t Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS Success.
t Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR Memory buffer error.
t Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR Conversation failure.
t Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR System error.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pam 3 ,
.Xr pam_error 3 ,
.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
.Xr pam_vinfo 3 ,
.Xr pam_vprompt 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn pam_verror
function is an OpenPAM extension.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Fn pam_verror
function and this manual page were
developed for the
.Fx
Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
DARPA/
SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
q Dq CBOSS ,
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
p
The OpenPAM library is maintained by
.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des (at] des.no .