NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | SEE ALSO | STANDARDS | COLOPHON 

PAM_INFO(3)                   Linux-PAM Manual                   PAM_INFO(3)

NAME         top

       pam_info, pam_vinfo - display messages to the user

SYNOPSIS         top

       #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         top

       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         top

       PAM_BUF_ERR
           Memory buffer error.
       PAM_CONV_ERR
           Conversation failure.
       PAM_SUCCESS
           Transaction was successful created.
       PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
           System error.

SEE ALSO         top

       pam(8)

STANDARDS         top

       The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.

COLOPHON         top

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Linux-PAM Manual                 04/01/2016                      PAM_INFO(3)

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