1.\" Generated from pam_error.c by gendoc.pl 2.\" $OpenPAM: pam_error.c 938 2017-04-30 21:34:42Z des $ 3.Dd February 24, 2019 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_SUCCESS 26Success. 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 Mt des@des.no . 58