PAM_ERROR(3)             BSD Library Functions Manual             PAM_ERROR(3)

NAME
     pam_error -- display an error message

LIBRARY
     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>

     int
     pam_error(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);

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:

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]       Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]      Conversation failure.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]    System error.

SEE ALSO
     pam(3), pam_info(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3)

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.

BSD                            December 21, 2007                           BSD