1.\" Generated from pam_error.c by gendoc.pl 2.Dd June 27, 2023 3.Dt PAM_ERROR 3 4.Os 5.Sh NAME 6.Nm pam_error 7.Nd display an error message 8.Sh SYNOPSIS 9.In sys/types.h 10.In security/pam_appl.h 11.Ft "int" 12.Fn pam_error "const pam_handle_t *pamh" "const char *fmt" "..." 13.Sh DESCRIPTION 14The 15.Fn pam_error 16function displays an error message through the 17intermediary of the given PAM context's conversation function. 18.Pp 19.Sh RETURN VALUES 20The 21.Fn pam_error 22function returns one of the following values: 23.Bl -tag -width 18n 24.It Bq Er PAM_SUCCESS 25Success. 26.It Bq Er PAM_BUF_ERR 27Memory buffer error. 28.It Bq Er PAM_CONV_ERR 29Conversation failure. 30.It Bq Er PAM_SYSTEM_ERR 31System error. 32.El 33.Sh SEE ALSO 34.Xr pam 3 , 35.Xr pam_info 3 , 36.Xr pam_prompt 3 , 37.Xr pam_strerror 3 , 38.Xr pam_verror 3 39.Sh STANDARDS 40The 41.Fn pam_error 42function is an OpenPAM extension. 43.Sh AUTHORS 44The 45.Fn pam_error 46function and this manual page were 47developed for the 48.Fx 49Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the 50Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under 51DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035 52.Pq Dq CBOSS , 53as part of the DARPA CHATS research program. 54.Pp 55The OpenPAM library is maintained by 56.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@des.no . 57