PAM_INFO

Section: Linux-PAM Manual (3)
Updated: 11/25/2020
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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.

STANDARDS

The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.