pam_vinfo(3) - Linux man page
Name
pam_info, pam_vinfo - display messages to the user
Synopsis
#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
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
PAM_BUF_ERR
- Memory buffer error.
- PAM_CONV_ERR
- Conversation failure.
- PAM_SUCCESS
- Transaction was successful created.
- PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
- System error.
See Also
pam(8)
Standards
The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.