PAM_INFO(3)
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
STANDARDS
- The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.