1.\" $NetBSD: pam_verror.3,v 1.8 2019/12/15 17:08:21 christos Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Generated from pam_verror.c by gendoc.pl 4.\" $OpenPAM: pam_verror.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 5.Dd February 24, 2019 6.Dt PAM_VERROR 3 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm pam_verror 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_verror "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "va_list ap" 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Fn pam_verror 19function passes its arguments to 20.Xr pam_vprompt 3 21with a 22style argument of 23.Dv PAM_ERROR_MSG , 24and discards the response. 25.Sh RETURN VALUES 26The 27.Fn pam_verror 28function returns one of the following values: 29.Bl -tag -width 18n 30.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 31Success. 32.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 33Memory buffer error. 34.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 35Conversation failure. 36.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 37System error. 38.El 39.Sh SEE ALSO 40.Xr pam 3 , 41.Xr pam_error 3 , 42.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 43.Xr pam_vinfo 3 , 44.Xr pam_vprompt 3 45.Sh STANDARDS 46The 47.Fn pam_verror 48function is an OpenPAM extension. 49.Sh AUTHORS 50The 51.Fn pam_verror 52function and this manual page were 53developed for the 54.Fx 55Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 56Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 57DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 58.Pq Dq CBOSS , 59as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 60.Pp 61The OpenPAM library is maintained by 62.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 63