Manpages - pam_prompt.3

pam_prompt, pam_vprompt - interface to conversation function

  #include <security/pam_ext.h>

int pam_prompt(pam_handle_t **/pamh/, int style, char **/response/, const char */fmt/, …);*

int pam_vprompt(pam_handle_t **/pamh/, int style, char **/response/, const char */fmt/, va_list args);*

The pam_prompt function constructs a message from the specified format string and arguments and passes it to the conversation function as set by the service. Upon successful return, response is set to point to a string returned from the conversation function. This string is allocated on heap and should be freed.

PAM_BUF_ERR

Memory buffer error.

PAM_CONV_ERR

Conversation failure.

PAM_SUCCESS

Conversation succeeded, response is set.

PAM_SYSTEM_ERR

System error.

*pam*(8), *pam_conv*(3)

The pam_prompt and pam_vprompt functions are Linux-PAM extensions.