1.\" $NetBSD: pam_error.3,v 1.9 2023/06/30 21:46:20 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Generated from pam_error.c by gendoc.pl 4.Dd June 27, 2023 5.Dt PAM_ERROR 3 6.Os 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm pam_error 9.Nd display an error message 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.In sys/types.h 12.In security/pam_appl.h 13.Ft "int" 14.Fn pam_error "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..." 15.Sh DESCRIPTION 16The 17.Fn pam_error 18function displays an error message through the 19intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function. 20.Sh RETURN VALUES 21The 22.Fn pam_error 23function returns one of the following values: 24.Bl -tag -width 18n 25.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 26Success. 27.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 28Memory buffer error. 29.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 30Conversation failure. 31.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 32System error. 33.El 34.Sh SEE ALSO 35.Xr pam 3 , 36.Xr pam_info 3 , 37.Xr pam_prompt 3 , 38.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 39.Xr pam_verror 3 40.Sh STANDARDS 41The 42.Fn pam_error 43function is an OpenPAM extension. 44.Sh AUTHORS 45The 46.Fn pam_error 47function and this manual page were 48developed for the 49.Fx 50Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 51Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 52DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 53.Pq Dq CBOSS , 54as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 55.Pp 56The OpenPAM library is maintained by 57.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 58