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39.Dd December 18, 2011
40.Dt OPENPAM_NULLCONV 3
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm openpam_nullconv
44.Nd null conversation function
45.Sh LIBRARY
46.Lb libpam
47.Sh SYNOPSIS
48.In sys/types.h
49.In security/pam_appl.h
50.In security/openpam.h
51.Ft "int"
52.Fn openpam_nullconv "int n" "const struct pam_message **msg" "struct pam_response **resp" "void *data"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56function is a null conversation function suitable
57for applications that want to use PAM but don't support interactive
58dialog with the user.
59Such applications should set
60.Dv PAM_AUTHTOK
61to whatever authentication
62token they've obtained on their own before calling
63.Xr pam_authenticate 3
64and / or
65.Xr pam_chauthtok 3 ,
66and their PAM configuration should specify the
67.Dv use_first_pass
68option for all modules that require access to the
69authentication token, to make sure they use
70.Dv PAM_AUTHTOK
71rather than try to query the user.
72.Sh RETURN VALUES
73The
74.Nm
75function returns one of the following values:
76.Bl -tag -width 18n
77.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
78Conversation failure.
79.El
80.Sh SEE ALSO
81.Xr openpam_ttyconv 3 ,
82.Xr pam 3 ,
83.Xr pam_authenticate 3 ,
84.Xr pam_chauthtok 3 ,
85.Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
86.Xr pam_set_item 3 ,
87.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
88.Xr pam_vprompt 3
89.Sh STANDARDS
90The
91.Nm
92function is an OpenPAM extension.
93.Sh AUTHORS
94The
95.Nm
96function and this manual page were developed for the
97.Fx
98Project by
99ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
100Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
101DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
102.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
103as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
104