1.\" Generated from pam_error.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $Id: pam_error.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $ 3.Dd February 19, 2017 4.Dt PAM_ERROR 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_error 8.Nd display an error message 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.In sys/types.h 11.In security/pam_appl.h 12.Ft "int" 13.Fn pam_error "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..." 14.Sh DESCRIPTION 15The 16.Fn pam_error 17function displays an error message through the 18intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function. 19.Pp 20.Sh RETURN VALUES 21The 22.Fn pam_error 23function returns one of the following values: 24.Bl -tag -width 18n 25.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 26Memory buffer error. 27.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 28Conversation failure. 29.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 30System error. 31.El 32.Sh SEE ALSO 33.Xr pam 3 , 34.Xr pam_info 3 , 35.Xr pam_prompt 3 , 36.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 37.Xr pam_verror 3 38.Sh STANDARDS 39The 40.Fn pam_error 41function is an OpenPAM extension. 42.Sh AUTHORS 43The 44.Fn pam_error 45function and this manual page were 46developed for the 47.Fx 48Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 49Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 50DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 51.Pq Dq CBOSS , 52as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 53.Pp 54The OpenPAM library is maintained by 55.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 56