pam_error (3) Linux Manual Page
pam_error, pam_verror – display error messages to the user
Synopsis
#include <security/pam_ext.h>
int pam_error(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);
int pam_verror(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list args);Description
The pam_verror function performs the same task as pam_error() 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
- Error message was displayed.
PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
- System error.
See Also
pam_info(3), pam_vinfo(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_vprompt(3), pam(8)
Standards
The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.