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3.Dd September 12, 2014
4.Dt OPENPAM_TTYCONV 3
5.Os
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm openpam_ttyconv
8.Nd simple tty-based conversation function
9.Sh LIBRARY
10.Lb libpam
11.Sh SYNOPSIS
12.In sys/types.h
13.In security/pam_appl.h
14.In security/openpam.h
15.Ft "int"
16.Fn openpam_ttyconv "int n" "const struct pam_message **msg" "struct pam_response **resp" "void *data"
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18The
19.Fn openpam_ttyconv
20function is a standard conversation function
21suitable for use on TTY devices.
22It should be adequate for the needs of most text-based interactive
23programs.
24.Pp
25The
26.Fn openpam_ttyconv
27function allows the application to specify a
28timeout for user input by setting the global integer variable
29.Va openpam_ttyconv_timeout
30to the length of the timeout in seconds.
31.Pp
32.Sh RETURN VALUES
33The
34.Fn openpam_ttyconv
35function returns one of the following values:
36.Bl -tag -width 18n
37.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR
38Memory buffer error.
39.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR
40Conversation failure.
41.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR
42System error.
43.El
44.Sh SEE ALSO
45.Xr openpam_nullconv 3 ,
46.Xr pam 3 ,
47.Xr pam_prompt 3 ,
48.Xr pam_strerror 3 ,
49.Xr pam_vprompt 3
50.Sh STANDARDS
51The
52.Fn openpam_ttyconv
53function is an OpenPAM extension.
54.Sh AUTHORS
55The
56.Fn openpam_ttyconv
57function and this manual page were
58developed for the
59.Fx
60Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
61Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
62DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
63.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
64as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
65.Pp
66The OpenPAM library is maintained by
67.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no .
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