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pam_info(3)

NAME

     pam_info -- display an information message

LIBRARY

     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <security/pam_appl.h>

     int
     pam_info(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, ...);

DESCRIPTION

     The pam_info function displays an informational message through the
     intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function.

RETURN VALUES

     The pam_info function returns one of the following values:

     [PAM_BUF_ERR]	 Memory buffer error.

     [PAM_CONV_ERR]	 Conversation failure.

     [PAM_SYSTEM_ERR]	 System error.

SEE ALSO

     pam(3), pam_error(3), pam_prompt(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vinfo(3)

STANDARDS

     The pam_info function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS

     The pam_info function and this manual page were developed for the FreeBSD
     Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the Security
     Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.  under DARPA/SPAWAR con-
     tract N66001-01-C-8035 (``CBOSS''), as part of the DARPA CHATS research
     program.

FreeBSD 5.4		       February 10, 2004		   FreeBSD 5.4

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