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PAM_VINFO(3) Library Functions Manual PAM_VINFO(3)

pam_vinfodisplay an information message

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

int
pam_vinfo(const pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list ap);

The () function passes its arguments to pam_vprompt(3) with a style argument of PAM_TEXT_INFO, and discards the response.

The pam_vinfo() function returns one of the following values:

[PAM_SUCCESS]
Success.
[PAM_BUF_ERR]
Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR]
Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]
System error.

pam(3), pam_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3), pam_vprompt(3)

The pam_vinfo() function is an OpenPAM extension.

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.

The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no>.

April 30, 2017 DragonFly-5.6.1