1.\" $NetBSD: pam_error.3,v 1.7 2017/05/06 19:50:09 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Generated from pam_error.c by gendoc.pl 4.\" $OpenPAM: pam_error.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 5.Dd April 30, 2017 6.Dt PAM_ERROR 3 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm pam_error 10.Nd display an error message 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.In sys/types.h 13.In security/pam_appl.h 14.Ft "int" 15.Fn pam_error "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..." 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Fn pam_error 19function displays an error message through the 20intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function. 21.Sh RETURN VALUES 22The 23.Fn pam_error 24function returns one of the following values: 25.Bl -tag -width 18n 26.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 27Success. 28.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 29Memory buffer error. 30.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 31Conversation failure. 32.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 33System error. 34.El 35.Sh SEE ALSO 36.Xr pam 3 , 37.Xr pam_info 3 , 38.Xr pam_prompt 3 , 39.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 40.Xr pam_verror 3 41.Sh STANDARDS 42The 43.Fn pam_error 44function is an OpenPAM extension. 45.Sh AUTHORS 46The 47.Fn pam_error 48function and this manual page were 49developed for the 50.Fx 51Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 52Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 53DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 54.Pq Dq CBOSS , 55as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 56.Pp 57The OpenPAM library is maintained by 58.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 59