PAM_PROMPT(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual PAM_PROMPT(3)
NAME
pam_prompt - call the conversation function
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <security/pam_appl.h>
int
pam_prompt(const pam_handle_t *pamh, int style, char **resp,
const char *fmt, ...);
DESCRIPTION
The pam_prompt() function constructs a message from the specified format
string and arguments and passes it to the given PAM context's
conversation function.
A pointer to the response, or NULL if the conversation function did not
return one, is stored in the location pointed to by the resp argument.
See pam_vprompt(3) for further details.
RETURN VALUES
The pam_prompt() function returns one of the following values:
[PAM_SUCCESS] Success.
[PAM_BUF_ERR] Memory buffer error.
[PAM_CONV_ERR] Conversation failure.
[PAM_SYSTEM_ERR] System error.
SEE ALSO
pam(3), pam_error(3), pam_info(3), pam_strerror(3), pam_vprompt(3)
STANDARDS
The pam_prompt() function is an OpenPAM extension.
AUTHORS
The pam_prompt() 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.
The OpenPAM library is maintained by Dag-Erling Smorgrav <
[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 February 24, 2019 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8