pam_error (3) - Linux Manuals

pam_error: display error messages to the user

Command to display pam_error manual in Linux: $ man 3 pam_error

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.

STANDARDS

The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.