PAM_VINFO(3) |
Library Functions Manual |
PAM_VINFO(3) |
NAME
pam_vinfo — display an information message
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
DESCRIPTION
The
pam_vinfo function passes its arguments to
pam_vprompt(3) with a style argument of
PAM_TEXT_INFO, and discards the response.
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_vinfo function returns one of the following values:
-
[PAM_BUF_ERR]
-
Memory buffer error.
-
[PAM_CONV_ERR]
-
Conversation failure.
-
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
-
System error.
STANDARDS
The pam_vinfo function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_vinfo 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.