PAM_ERROR(3)
NAME
pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user
SYNOPSIS
#include <security/pam_ext.h> int pam_error(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...); int pam_verror(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list args);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_error function prints error messages through the conversation
function to the user.
The pam_verror function performs the same task as pam_error() 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
- Error message was displayed.
- PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
- System error.
SEE ALSO
pam_info(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_vprompt(3), pam(7)
STANDARDS
- The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.