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pam_vinfo(3)

NAME

     pam_vinfo -- display an information message

LIBRARY

     Pluggable Authentication Module Library (libpam, -lpam)

SYNOPSIS

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

     int
     pam_vinfo(pam_handle_t *pamh, const char *fmt, va_list ap);

DESCRIPTION

     The pam_vinfo function passes its arguments to pam_vprompt(3) with a
     style argument of PAM_TEXT_INFO, and discards the response.

RETURN VALUES

     The pam_vinfo 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_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_verror(3), pam_vprompt(3)

STANDARDS

     The pam_vinfo function is an OpenPAM extension.

AUTHORS

     The pam_vinfo 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 contract 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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