NAME
openpam_ttyconv —
simple tty-based conversation
function
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
#include
<security/openpam.h>
int
openpam_ttyconv(int
n, const struct
pam_message **msg, struct
pam_response **resp, void
*data);
DESCRIPTION
Theopenpam_ttyconv()
function is a standard conversation function suitable for use on TTY devices.
It should be adequate for the needs of most text-based interactive programs.
The
openpam_ttyconv()
function allows the application to specify a timeout for user input by
setting the global integer variable
openpam_ttyconv_timeout to the length of the timeout
in seconds.
RETURN VALUES
The openpam_ttyconv() 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.
SEE ALSO
openpam_nullconv(3), pam(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vprompt(3)
STANDARDS
The openpam_ttyconv() function is an
OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The openpam_ttyconv() 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>.