PAM_ERROR(3) |
Library Functions Manual |
PAM_ERROR(3) |
NAME
pam_error — display an error message
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
DESCRIPTION
The pam_error function displays an error message through the intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_error function returns one of the following values:
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[PAM_BUF_ERR]
-
Memory buffer error.
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[PAM_CONV_ERR]
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Conversation failure.
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[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
-
System error.
STANDARDS
The pam_error function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_error 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.