Name

pam_info, pam_vinfo — display messages to the user

Synopsis

#include <security/pam_ext.h>
int pam_info( pam_handle_t *pamh,
  const char *fmt,
  ...);
 
int pam_vinfo( pam_handle_t *pamh,
  const char *fmt,
  va_list args);
 

DESCRIPTION

The pam_info function prints messages through the conversation function to the user.

The pam_vinfo function performs the same task as pam_info() 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

Transaction was successful created.

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

System error.

SEE ALSO

pam(8)

STANDARDS

The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.

See Linux-PAM copyright notice for more information.