Manpages - pam_error.3

pam_error, pam_verror - display error messages to the user

  #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);*

The pam_error function prints error messages through the conversation function to the user.

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.

PAM_BUF_ERR

Memory buffer error.

PAM_CONV_ERR

Conversation failure.

PAM_SUCCESS

Error message was displayed.

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

System error.

*pam_info*(3), *pam_vinfo*(3), *pam_prompt*(3), *pam_vprompt*(3), *pam*(8)

The pam_error and pam_verror functions are Linux-PAM extensions.