1.\" Generated from pam_error.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $Id: pam_error.c 648 2013-03-05 17:54:27Z des $ 3.Dd September 12, 2014 4.Dt PAM_ERROR 3 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm pam_error 8.Nd display an error message 9.Sh LIBRARY 10.Lb libpam 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.In sys/types.h 13.In security/pam_appl.h 14.Ft "int" 15.Fn pam_error "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..." 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17The 18.Fn pam_error 19function displays an error message through the 20intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function. 21.Pp 22.Sh RETURN VALUES 23The 24.Fn pam_error 25function returns one of the following values: 26.Bl -tag -width 18n 27.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 28Memory buffer error. 29.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 30Conversation failure. 31.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 32System error. 33.El 34.Sh SEE ALSO 35.Xr pam 3 , 36.Xr pam_info 3 , 37.Xr pam_prompt 3 , 38.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 39.Xr pam_verror 3 40.Sh STANDARDS 41The 42.Fn pam_error 43function is an OpenPAM extension. 44.Sh AUTHORS 45The 46.Fn pam_error 47function and this manual page were 48developed for the 49.Fx 50Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 51Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 52DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 53.Pq Dq CBOSS , 54as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 55.Pp 56The OpenPAM library is maintained by 57.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@des.no . 58