Manpages - pam_info.3

pam_info, pam_vinfo - display messages to the user

  #include <security/pam_ext.h>

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

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

The pam_info function prints messages through the conversation function to the user.

The pam_vinfo function performs the same task as pam_info() 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

Transaction was successful created.

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

System error.

*pam*(8)

The pam_info and pam_vinfo functions are Linux-PAM extensions.