PAM_INFO(3) |
Library Functions Manual |
PAM_INFO(3) |
NAME
pam_info — display an information message
LIBRARY
Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)
DESCRIPTION
The pam_info() function displays an informational message through the intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.
RETURN VALUES
The
pam_info() 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_info() function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The
pam_info() 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>.